Abstract: The lubrication by thin film has become a very important role in micro machine, magnetic storage device and so on. As the thickness of lubricant film becomes thinner to several nanometers, ...

Abstract: This special issue of the Journal of Applied Mechanics is based on the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition ASME05 and ASME06. The mini-symposium on Challenges and ...

Abstract: Quasi-one-dimensional steady-state cavitating nozzle flows with homogeneous bubble nucleation and nonlinear bubble dynamics are considered using a continuum bubbly liquid flow model. The onset of ...

Abstract: We have recently developed a novel numerical method for fluid–solid and fluid–membrane interaction problems. The method is based on a finite difference fractional step technique, corresponding to ...

Abstract: In this paper, we discuss the motion of a vesicle in a linear shear flow. It is known that deformable vesicles such as liposomes show the so-called tank-treading and tumbling motions depending ...

Abstract: The deformation of multiple red blood cells in a capillary flow was studied numerically. The immersed boundary method was used for the fluid red blood cells interaction. The membrane of the ...

Abstract: The 8th International Symposium on Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flows took place during the ASME/JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting held July 6–10, 2003 at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, ...