Abstract: A kinematic analysis has been developed for the motion of roller chain drives, which is exact for relatively slow-speed chain drives with negligible wear. The results shed new light on chordal ...

Abstract: This paper presents the transient stress distribution in a perfectly elastic isotropic annular fin. The nonlinear transient conduction-convection-radiation heat tranafer annular fin equation is ...

Abstract: The problem of natural convection of a non-Newtonian power-law fluid about a horizontal impermeable surface in the porous medium is considered, where the plate is assumed with a nonuniform heat ...

Abstract: The heat-transfer characteristics for free convection associated with isothermal vertical cylinder with surface mass transfer (blowing or suction) embedded in a saturated porous medium are analyzed. ...

Abstract: A steady-flow approach for finite-time thermodynamics is used to calculate the maximum thermal efficiency, its corresponding power output, adiabatic temperature ratio, and thermal-conductance ratio ...

Abstract: This paper investigates the stability of a thin liquid film with condensation effects during spin coating. A generalized nonlinear kinematic model is derived by the long-wave perturbation method ...

Abstract: Crack failure prediction is a prerequisite to assess the safety margin for pressure vessels with interacting parallel cracks. Therefore, an alternating iteration method with approximated image ...

Abstract: The probability of first‐passage failure affected by nonnormality (or non‐Gaussianity) is investigated through approaches that are more accurate than the commonly used analytical methods. The index used to measure the ...

Abstract: This paper provides an analysis of the non-Darcian effect on transient natural convection of a vertical flat plate embedded in a high-porosity medium. The plate surface is either maintained at ...

Abstract: The variational embedding method is presented for solving the solidified lines in the inward solidification of Cartesian, cylindrical and spherical systems with convection-radiation boundary conditions. ...