We study a fully developed creeping flow of nematic liquid crystals in curved pipe with circular cross-section. A special limit zero Deborah number and an infinite Ericksen is considered, so the orientation director are described by transversely isotropic fluid (TIF) model. Analytical solutions obtained expanding governing equation small curvature ?, defined as ratio radius to bend. show that p...

The governing equations of a transversely isotropic dissipative medium are solved analytically to obtain the surface wave solutions. The appropriate solutions satisfy the required boundary conditions at the stress-free surface to obtain the frequency equation of Rayleigh wave. The numerical values of the non-dimensional speed of Rayleigh wave speed are computed for different values of frequency...

In this paper, the nonlinear free vibration of fiber-reinforced lamina micro-switches is investigated, and a sensitivity analysis (SA) is given. The switches are modeled as solid rectangular beams consisting of an isotropic matrix with transversely and longitudinally isotropic reinforcements, incorporating a higher order Hamiltonian approach. An SA of the proposed micro-switch is presented by c...