The initial-value problem for perturbations of a flat, constant-strength vortex sheet is linearly ill posed in the sense of Hadamard, owing to Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. Previous numerical studies of this problem have experienced difficulty in converging when the mesh was refined. The present work examines Rosenhead’s point-vortex approximation and seeks to understand better the source of th...

Although the amyloid dye thioflavin-T (ThT) is among the most widely used tools in the study of amyloid fibrils, the mechanism by which ThT binds to fibrils and other beta-rich peptide self-assemblies remains elusive. The development of the water-soluble peptide self-assembly mimic (PSAM) system has provided a set of ideal model proteins for experimentally exploring the properties and minimal d...

Fukui’s conical cup test is the one of the formability characteristics evaluation for various sheet metals. The formability characteristics such as diametrical ratio, maximum drawing load, depth of cup up to fracture are to be evaluated. This test is related to drawing test. This test can be performed by using parameters such as friction, process parameters and without blank holder. In fukui’s ...

artificial neural networks (anns) are computer techniques that attempt to simulate the functionality and decision-making processes of the human brain. in the past few decades, artificial neural networks (anns) have been extensively used in a wide range of engineering applications. there are only a few applications in liquid membrane process. the objective of this research was to develop artific...

Liquid-film contact lines driven over a surface (substrate) by gravity, centrifugal force, Marangoni force, or wind, exhibit a wealth of instabilities that control many coating and cleaning processes. Starting from a sheet with an approximately straight contact line advancing over the substrate, these instabilities lead to fingering of the sheet to form rivulets, meandering and oscillation of t...

It is shown that a zero curvature representation for D– dimensional p–brane equations of motion originates naturally in the geometric (Lund– Regge– Omnes) approach. To study the possibility to use this zero curvature representation for investigation of nonlinear equations of p– branes, the simplest case of D– dimensional string (p = 1) is considered. The connection is found between the SO(1, 1)...

The atomization of fuel jets in car or plane engines involves complex process with multiphase motions and turbulent flow regimes in a highly coupled way. The Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of interfacial flows is investigated in order to characterize the coupling between turbulent flow structures and interface deformations occurring during atomization of a liquid sheet. An incompressible Gho...

A π-conjugated coordination nanosheet comprising bis(aminothiolato)nickel (NiAT) moieties was synthesized by the reaction of Ni(acac)2 with 1,3,5-triaminobenzene-2,4,6-trithiol at liquid-liquid and gas-liquid interfaces. The sheet thickness could be controlled down to a single layer (0.6 nm). Selected area electron diffraction and grazing incidence X-ray diffraction analyses indicated the forma...

Unsteady two-dimensional stagnation point flow of an incompressible viscous fluid over a flat deformable sheet is studied when the flow is started impulsively from rest and the sheet is suddenly stretched in its own plane with a velocity proportional to the distance from the stagnation point. After a similarity transformation, the unsteady boundary layer equation is solved numerically using the...

Although fullerenes can be efficiently generated from graphite in high yield, the route to the formation of these symmetrical and aesthetically pleasing carbon cages from a flat graphene sheet remains a mystery. The most widely accepted mechanisms postulate that the graphene structure dissociates to very small clusters of carbon atoms such as C(2), which subsequently coalesce to form fullerene ...