On power-law fluids with the power-law index proportional to the pressure

On convergence of homotopy analysis method to solve the Schrodinger equation with a power law nonlinearity

In this paper, the homotopy analysis method (HAM) is considered to obtain the solution of the Schrodinger equation with a power law nonlinearity. For this purpose, a theorem is proved to show the convergence of the series solution obtained from the proposed method. Also, an example is solved to illustrate the eciency of the mentioned algorithm and the h-curve is plotted to determine the region ...

Theory of Zipf’s Law and of General Power Law Distributions with Gibrat’s law of Proportional Growth

We summarize a book under publication with the above title written by the three present authors, on the theory of Zipf’s law, and more generally of power laws, driven by the mechanism of proportional growth. The preprint is available upon request from the authors. For clarity, consistence of language and conciseness, we discuss the origin and conditions of the validity of Zipf’s law using the t...

On the Eigenvalue Power Law

Analysis of the self-similar spreading of power law fluids

We consider the equation that models the spreading of thin liquid films of power-law rheology. In particular, we analyze the existence and uniqueness of source-type self-similar solutions in planar and circular symmetries. We find that for shear-thinning fluids there exist a family of such solutions representing both finite and zero contact angle drops and that the solutions with zero contact a...

Power Law Model Adaptation to Fingering of Non-newtonian Fluids

The growth rate of fingers of a Newtonian fluid can be modeled by a power law dependence on time. In this experiment, we examine whether the model can be adapted to describe a fluid with changing viscosity. We provide two possible interpretations. For PVA and a PVA/glycerol solution, we show that by assuming a constant exponent, the changing behavior of the fluid can be captured by a coefficien...