To achieve uniform thickness of coated films using non-Newtonian fluids, we are often required well-designed geometries of flow channel in a slot die. This is the case especially for fluids with the properties of both shear thinning and yield stress which is non-negligible in a range of low shear rate such as in an intermittent die coating. In the present work, flow in the slot die has been stu...

Bingham, Schmidt and Rosenblum (1989) found that people could, by hefting objects of different sizes, choose that of optimal weight in each size for throwing to a maximum distance. Larger weights were chosen in larger sizes as required for equivalent perceived heaviness according to the size-weight illusion. In Experiment 1, we replicated that result testing a larger range of objects and more p...

The present study investigates the peristaltic transport of non-Newtonian fluid, modeled as power law and Bingham fluid, in a diverging tube with different wall wave forms: sinusoidal, multi-sinusoidal, triangular, trapezoidal and square waves. Fourier series is employed to get the expressions for temporal and spatial dependent wall shapes. Solutions for time average pressure rise — flow rate r...

ncreasingly, powerful computers and statistical packages now offer ~~ researchers a wide range of statistical analyses capable of handling large numbers of cases and variables. Along with this cornucopia of statistical possibilities, however, certain problems emerge. Foremost among these is the possibility that researchers will end up using statistical analyses with which they have little famil...

The business value of IT (BVIT) has been a prominent and central research topic in the IS discipline. Due to continuous and unpredictable technology and business changes, a more dynamic perspective on IT business value that includes organizational learning is required. We suggest that simple rules heuristics can address this challenge. The simple rules heuristics approach has been introduced by...

An analysis of blood flow through a tapered artery with stenosis and dilatation has been carried out where the blood is treated as incompressible Herschel-Bulkley fluid. A comparison between numerical values and analytical values of pressure gradient at the midpoint of stenotic region shows that the analytical expression for pressure gradient works well for the values of yield stress till 2.4. ...

In rotary drilling operation, the hydraulic circuit typically consists of stand pipe, rotary hose, swivel, Kelly, drill pipe, drill collar, drill bit, and the annulus between the drillstring and the open hole or the casing. Stand Pipe Pressure, abbreviated as SPP, is defined as the total frictional pressure drop in the hydraulic circuit. SPP, an important drilling parameter in selecting proper ...

Practical experience has shown that teleoperators have difficulty perceiving aspects of remotely operated robots and their environments (e.g., Casper & Murphy, 2003; Smets, 1995; Tittle, Roesler, & Woods, 2002). Previous research has shown that head motions can provide effective information about depth (Bingham, & Pagano, 1998; Pagano & Bingham, 1998). In three experiments, a method for improvi...

Simulating flow of a Bingham fluid in porous media still remains a challenging task as the yield stress may significantly alter the numerical stability and precision. We present a Lattice-Boltzmann TRT scheme that allows the resolution of this type of flow in stochastically reconstructed porous media. LB methods have an intrinsic error associated to the boundary conditions. Depending on the sch...