Magnetohydrodynamic mixed convection boundary layer flow of a nanofluid near the stagnation-point on a vertical plate with heat generation is investigated for both assisting and opposing flows are well thought-out. Different types of nanoparticles as copper (Cu), alumina (Al2O3)...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/9074
Bianchi type-III model of universe filled with a magnetized perfect fluid together with a time-varying cosmological constant is investigated in general relativity. We assume that F12 is the only non-vanishing component of the electromagnetic tensor Fij . We obtain exact solutions...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/8403
Aims: To investigate the dielectric and electrical properties of nanocomposite films for their application as high-k capacitors Study Design: The ferroelectric polymer PVDF is doped with ZnO nanoparticles (ZnO-NP) to study the dielectric properties Place and Duration of Study: Ma...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/9026
The radial flux density in the air-gap of rotating machines sets up a force of attraction between the stator and the rotor surfaces. In a symmetrical machine, the radial stresses distributions are balanced resulting in zero net force on the rotor. However, if the rotor of a rotat...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/5713
In this paper, a plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) coating was prepared on AZ91 magnesium (Mg) implant to improve its degradation resistance, bioactivity and biocompatibility. The phase composition and surface morphology of the samples were characterized using X-ray diffraction...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/9265
The optical functions and effective masses of electrons and holes of ternary compound InGaTe2 crystallizing in a tetragonal syngony are calculated in the energy interval 0-12eV using pseudo-potential method. Imaginary and real parts of dielectric permeability, optical conductivit...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/7555
In this paper, we get the set of symmetry of Plateau differential equation. Using Lie symmetry method to obtain the classical symmetry operators. Also, we get one-dimensional optimal system of the Plateau equation and reduction Lie invariants, corresponding to infinitesimal symme...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/6746
At the pressures 0.5-3 atm of the air, nitrogen, argon and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) an appearance of the nanosecond discharge in the nonuniform electric field is investigated. In all gases at the negative polarity of the voltage pulses, supershort avalanches electron beam (SAEB)...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/8590
A numerical computer model based on the dual reciprocity boundary element method (DRBEM) is extended to study the generalized thermoelastic responses of functionally graded anisotropic rotating plates. In the case of plane deformation, a predictor-corrector implicit-explicit time...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/7403
The radiation produced by nanosecond repetitive pulsed discharges in nitrogen, air and argon was studied, including its study with a CCD camera. It is shown that within the first nanosecond, diffuse plasma covers the lateral surface of a conical cathode at relatively low electric...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/8589