A fourth order nonlinear evolution equation is derived for capillary gravity waves in deep water including the effect of a surface drift current in the water and shear in the air flow. From this evolution equation instability conditions are derived for a uniform capillary-gravity wave train. Graphs are plotted showing the maximum growth rate of instability and instability regions for weakly damped (linearly) and weakly growing (linearly) waves for some different values of friction velocity of the flow. From these graphs it is found that the effect of the wind input and shear in water current is to produce a decrease in the growth rate for weakly damped (linearly) waves and to produce an increase in growth rate for weakly growing (linearly) waves. The shear in the water current and the wind input are found to produce a shrinkage in the instability regions.

     The theory of micropolar fluids due to Eringen is used to formulate a set of boundary layer equations for the heat transfer from an arbitrarily stretching surface with non-uniform surface temperature. A two dimensional similarity solution to the governing momentum, angular momentum and energy equations is presented. The effects of the boundary conditions used for the microrotation term are discussed. Numerical data for the friction factor and Nusselt number has been shown graphically for a range of values of the material properties.

     Transport of vorticity in a magnetic fluid in a porous medium is considered in this note. Equations governing the transport of vorticity in magnetic fluid in a porous medium are obtained from the equations of magnetic fluid flow proposed by Wagh (1996) by replacing the usual viscous term in the equation of fluid motion by the resistance term __ to discuss the transport of vorticity in magnetic fluid in a porous medium. A two-dimensional case is also studied.

     The present paper primarily deals with the analysis of structures involving more than one parameter being stochastic in nature. The proposed method involves two stages. The first part hinges upon adequate representation of the stochastic process and a digital simulation of random parameters. This has been achieved by the local averaging technique followed by the Cholesky decomposition algorithm. Finally, the finite element solution has been obtained utilizing the Neumann expansion method within the framework of Monte Carlo simulation.The approach involves only single decomposition of the stiffnes matrix for the entire simulation and leads to a considerable saving of computing time. Another important flexibility of the approach is that more than one parameter can be handled simultaneously. Numerical examples are presented to elucidate the accuracy and efficiency of the method with respect to the direct simulation approach.

     This paper is concerned with the generation of three-dimensional unsteady motion due to initial disturbances at the interface between two superposed fluids wherein the upper fluid extends infinitely upwards and the lower fluid is of uniform finite depth. The interface is composed of a thin but uniform distribution of a non-interacting material termed as an inertial surface. Assuming linear theory, the problem is formulated as a coupled initial value problem in the velocity potentials describing the motion in the two fluids. The Laplace transform in time and double Fourier transform in space have been utilised in the mathematical analysis to obtain the depression of the inertial interface in terms of a double integral, whose asymptotic form is obtained for large values of time and distance by the method of stationary phase. This is then depicted graphically for two types of initial disturbances in a number of figures to visualise the effect of the upper fluid and also the presence of the inertial surface at the interface on the wave motion. The time evolution of the interface depression is also shown graphically and the decaying phenomena are demonstrated by drawing the phase diagram.

     The plane strain problem of determining stress intensity factors and crack energy for a pair of equal collinear moving Griffith cracks situated at the interface of two bonded dissimilar orthotropic half planes has been considered. The problem is reduced to solving a pair of simultaneous singular integral equations which have finally been solved by using Jacobi polynomials. Expressions for stress intensity factors and crack energy are obtained for some particular cases and the results are presented graphically.

    A theoretical study is carried out to investigate the steady laminar boundary layer flow due to a rotating frustum of a cone. The effects of the streamwise coordinate and half cone angle on the velocity field and local skin friction coefficient are examined.

     We have worked out an innovative system for the identification of superficial defects in low critical metallic patches. In a few seconds we reconstruct, using the fundamental principles of shape from shading, the third dimension of a digitized image, thanks to which we can identify the presence of a defect. Testing shows that the results achieved are more than satisfactory also in relation to the good rejection of the noises from the algorithm. Moreover we propose the advantages of using this system in an industrial field, and the conditions to be verified in industry in order to be able to test this technique.

     The problem of mixed convection in power-law type non-Newtonian fluids along a non-isothermal vertical plate with surface mass transfer is investigated. The transformed conservation laws are solved numerically for the case of variable wall temperature conditions. Numerical results are presented for the details of the velocity and temperature fields. A discussion is provided for the effect of suction and injection as well as the viscosity index on the surface heat transfer rate.

     A formability analysis for the tube-hydroforming process was investigated in the present study. The relationship between hydraulic pressure, outer corner radius of the deformed tube, the tube thickness and the tube yield stress was established based on a proposed theoretical model. Another theoretical model was also developed to calculate the die force generated in the tube-hydroforming process under frictionless condition. In order to validate the theoretical models developed, the two-dimensional finite element simulations were performed as well. The values predicted according to the proposed theoretical models are found to agree very well with those obtained from the finite element simulation results.

     An isoparametric quadrilateral element with nine nodes is developed for the elasto-plastic analysis of the laminated plates. A stainless steel fiber reinforced aluminum metal matrix laminated and simple supported plate is loaded transversely. Elastic, elasto-plastic and residual stresses are calculated in the symmetric and/or antisymmetric cross-ply and angle-ply laminated plates for small deformations. Iteration numbers are chosen 50, 100 and 150. The spread of plastic zones is illustrated. A metal-matrix composite layer is manufactured by using moulds under the action of 30 MPa pressure and heating up to 600^oC. The first-order shear deformation theory is used.