The present paper sheds some light on investigating the effect of pulsatility on flow through a tapered artery. Blood has been represented by a nonNewtonian fluid obeying Herschel-Bulkley equation. Using the Reynolds number as the perturbation parameter, a perturbation technique is adopted to solve the resulting quasi-steady non-linear coupled implicit system of differential equations. Analytic...

abstract- over the past 50 years, oil mulching has been a common technique for sand dune stabilization in the southwest of iran (khuzestan province). however, concerns over the release of heavy metals from oil mulching have led to the search for alternative mulches that are capable of stabilizing sand dunes without environmental hazards. this study investigates the feasibility of using sugarcan...

Shallow-water environments typically include sediments containing thin or low-shear layers. Numerical treatments of these types of layers require finer depth grid spacing than is needed elsewhere in the domain. Thin layers require finer grids to fully sample effects due to elasticity within the layer. As shear wave speeds approach zero, the governing system becomes singular and fine-grid spacin...

The authors propose a new method, the Helfand-moment method, to compute the shear viscosity by equilibrium molecular dynamics in periodic systems. In this method, the shear viscosity is written as an Einstein-type relation in terms of the variance of the so-called Helfand moment. This quantity is modified in order to satisfy systems with periodic boundary conditions usually considered in molecu...

Strain in sheared dense granular material is often localized in a narrow region called the shear band. Recent experiments in a modified Couette cell provided localized shear flow in the bulk away from the confining walls. The nontrivial shape of the shear band was measured as the function of the cell geometry. First, we present a geometric argument for narrow shear bands that connects the funct...

ARTICLE INFO Abstract Article History: Received 2 August 2015 Accepted 2 November 2015 Statement of Problem: There is no enough published data about the shear bond strength of resin modified glass ionomer adhesives on caries-affected primary tooth dentin excavated using minimally invasive systems. Objectives: To evaluate the shear bond strength of 2 different adhesives (one resin modified glass...