Stationary and moving plane heat source analysis have application in several manufacturing processes such as metal cutting, spot welding, laser cutting/surface treatment (using CO2 or Argon lasers) as well as tribological applications including ball bearing and gear design [1-5]. Temperature profile and the rate of cooling at and near the surface can affect the metallurgical microstructures, th...

The effect of temperature-dependent viscosity on heat transfer over a continuous moving surface with variable internal heat generation in micropolar fluids is studied. The fluid viscosity is assumed to vary as inverse linear function of temperature. The governing equations are transformed into dimensionless forms using the stream function and suitable variables then solved numerically using the...

If two thermally conducting bodies are in sliding contact, the frictional heat generated at the interfaces causes thermoelastic distortion which profoundly influences the extent of the contact area and the distribution of contact stress [1]. This phenomenon now known as thermoelastic instability has been observed experimentally in a wide range of practical sliding systems [2, 3]. Several theore...