The steady boundary layer flow of nanofluid over an exponential stretching surface is investigated analytically. The transport equations include the effects of Brownian motion parameter and thermophoresis parameter. The highly nonlinear coupled partial differential equations are simplified with the help of suitable similarity transformations. The reduced equations are then solved analytically w...

In this study, we investigate analytical treatment of three dimensional MHD viscous flow in a rotating frame. The flow is generated due to uniform stretching of a sheet in x direction. Analytic solution is obtained through peturbation method after transforming the governing partial differential equation to ordinary differential equation using suitable similarity transformations. Graphs are plot...

The present investigation focuses the flow and heat transfer characteristics of the steady three-dimensional Sisko fluid driven by a bidirectional stretching sheet. The modeled partial differential equations are reduced to coupled ordinary differential equations by a suitable transformation. The resulting equations are solved numerically by the shooting method using adaptive Runge Kutta algorit...

The induced transient viscous flow due to a suddenly stretched surface is studied. After a similarity transform, the unsteady Navier–Stokes equation is solved by several methods, including perturbation for small times, numerical integration, and asymptotic analysis for large times. It is found that the validity of the small-time series can be greatly extended and the approach to steady state is...

This study examined the effects of baseline flexibility and vertical jump ability on straight leg raise range of motion (ROM) and counter-movement jump performance (CMJ) following different volumes of stretching and potentiating exercises. ROM and CMJ were measured after two different warm-up protocols involving static stretching and potentiating exercises. Three groups of elite athletes (10 ma...

The purpose of this study was to compare three warm-up protocols--static stretching, dynamic stretching, and light aerobic activity--on selected measures of range of motion and power in untrained females and to investigate the sustained effects at 5 and 30 minutes after warm-up. A total of 24 healthy females (ages 23-29 years) attended one familiarization session and three test sessions on nonc...

BACKGROUND The influence of superficial precooling on range of motion (ROM) as part of a stretching program has not been extensively studied. It is not clear if the analgesic effect can benefit a stretching program. HYPOTHESES Superficial precooling will result in greater gains in ROM as part of a stretching program, compared with stretching without a precooling intervention. Superficial prec...

4-mercaptobenzonitrile (MBN) in self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on Au and Ag electrodes was studied by surface enhanced infrared absorption and Raman spectroscopy, to correlate the nitrile stretching frequency with the local electric field exploiting the vibrational Stark effect (VSE). Using MBN SAMs in different metal/SAM interfaces, we sorted out the main factors controlling the nitrile stre...

An analysis is performed to study the flow and heat transfer characteristics of a non-Newtonian Ostwald-de Waele fluid flow over a non-linearly stretching surface in the presence of internal heat generation/ absorption. The stretching velocity and the prescribed surface temperature are assumed to vary with a powerlaw distance from the slit. Using a similarity transformation the governing equati...

Limited data are available on the ectomycorrhizae-induced changes in surface structure and composition of soil colloids, the most active portion in soil matrix, although such data may benefit the understanding of mycorrhizal-aided soil improvements. By using ectomycorrhizae (Gomphidius viscidus) and soil colloids from dark brown forest soil (a good loam) and saline-alkali soil (heavily degraded...