Dynamical analysis of a delayed six‐neuron BAM network

In this article, a simplified bidirectional associative memory network with delays involving six neurons is considered. By analyzing the distribution of roots of the characteristic equation for linearized system regarding the sum of delay as a bifurcation parameter, we obtain the condition of the occurrence for Hopf bifurcation. It reveals that Hopf bifurcation occurs when the sum of the delay passes through a critical value. The direction and the stability of the bifurcating periodic solution are determined by applying the normal form theory and center manifold theorem. Finally, a numerical example is used to illustrate the validity of theoretical results obtained. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity 21: 9–28, 2016     

MHD three-dimensional flow of viscoelastic fluid over an exponentially stretching surface with variable thermal conductivity

This study models the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) three-dimensional boundary layer flow of viscoelastic fluid. The flow is due to the exponentially stretching surface. The heat transfer analysis is performed through prescribed surface temperature (PST) and prescribed surface heat flux (PHF). The thermal conductivity is taken temperature dependent. Series solutions of velocities and temperatures are constructed. Graphical results for PST and PHF cases are plotted and analyzed. Numerical values of skin-friction coefficients and Nusselt numbers are presented and discussed.     

Field of a Point Source Within Perfectly Conducting Parallel-Plates in a Homogeneous Biisotropic Medium

The spherical wave scattering response by a perfectly conducting open–ended waveguide in a biisotropic medium is obtained. Interestingly, the vector diffraction problem is reduced to the scattering of a single scalar field, this scalar field being the normal component of either a left–handed or a right–handed Beltrami field. Here, we explicitly consider the scattering of the left–handed field component, that of the other scalar field being analogously tractable. The solution is constructed with the aid of the Wiener–Hopf technique.     

A local boundary condition coupled to a finite element method to compute guided modes of optical fibres under the weak guidance assumptions

An efficient method coupling a local boundary condition to a finite element technique is proposed to compute guided modes of optical fibres under the weak guidance assumptions. This method is designed to provide accurate solutions for optical fibres with no restriction on their shape as well as on their refractive index profile. Several numerical experiments are performed to demonstrate this point. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Effectiveness of Darcy-Forchheimer and nonlinear mixed convection aspects in stratified Maxwell nanomaterial flow induced by convectively heated surface

The effect of nonlinear mixed convection in stretched flows of rate-type non-Newtonian materials is described. The formulation is based upon the Maxwell liquid which elaborates thermal relation time characteristics. Nanofluid properties are studied considering thermophoresis and Brownian movement. Thermal radiation, double stratification, convective conditions, and heat generation are incorporated in energy and nanoparticle concentration expressions. A boundary-layer concept is implemented for the simplification of mathematical expressions. The modeled nonlinear problems are computed with an optimal homotopy scheme. Moreover, the Nusselt and Sherwood numbers as well as the velocity, nanoparticle concentration, and temperature are emphasized. The results show opposite impacts of the Deborah number and the porosity factor on the velocity distribution.     

Flow of Oldroyd-B fluid with nanoparticles and thermal radiation

The two-dimensional boundary layer flow of an Oldroyd-B fluid in the presence of nanoparticles is investigated. Convective heat and mass conditions are considered in the presence of thermal radiation and heat generation. The Brownian motion and thermophoresis effects are retained. The nonlinear partial differential equations are reduced into the ordinary differential equation (ODE) systems. The resulting ODE systems are solved for the series solutions. The results are analyzed for various physical parameters of interest. Numerical values of the local Nusselt and Sherwood numbers are also computed and analyzed.     

Effects of thermophoresis and thermal radiation in mixed convection three-dimensional flow of Jeffrey fluid

Mixed convection three-dimensional flow of Jeffrey fluid is studied in the presence of thermal radiation and thermophoresis. The relevant problems are formulated, and series solutions are presented for velocities, temperature, and concentration. Convergence of series solutions is obtained graphically and numerically. Effects of different emerging parameters on the velocities, temperature, and concentration fields are plotted and discussed.     

Travelling wave solutions to Stokes’ problem for a fourth grade fluid

A non-linear partial differential equation modelling the flow of a fourth-grade fluid is derived. Both analytical and numerical travelling wave solutions admitted by the model equation are obtained.     

Comparison of symmetry and homotopy solutions for nonlinear heat transfer systems

This study deals with the analytic solutions for the two nonlinear problems arising in heat transfer. These problems are due to (i) temperature distribution in lumped system of combined convection–radiation and (ii) temperature distribution in a uniformly thick rectangular fin radiation to free space. Large symmetry algebras are obtained for the nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODEs) describing the heat transfer. We use method of canonical variables to either linearize or transform the governing equations to integrable forms. Exact solutions are constructed. Finally, a comparison is given between the homotopy and symmetry solutions.     

Peristaltic flow of a Maxwell fluid in a channel with compliant walls

This paper describes the peristaltic motion of a non-Newtonian fluid in a channel having compliant boundaries. Constitutive equations for a Maxwell fluid have been used. Perturbation method has been used for the analytic solution. The influence of pertinent parameters is analyzed. Comparison of the present analysis of Maxwell fluid is made with the existing results of viscous fluid.