Advances in Fluid Dynamics

Fluid Motion in Finite Length Tubes in Peristaltic Pumps.- An Analytical Study of Aerosol Dispersion in the Atmosphere Bounded by Porous Layers.- Solution of Burger's Equation with VIM and HPM.- Comparison Analysis through Condition Monitoring for Fault Detection of Bearing in Induction Motor.- Influence of Thin Baffle and Magnetic Field on Buoyant Convection in a Vertical Annulus.- Rotary Oscillations of a Permeable Sphere in an Incompressible Couple Stress Fluid.- Convex Cylindrical Surface Modified Rayleigh Waves.- Nonlinear Kelvin-Helmholtz instability of Viscous Fluids with Heat and Mass Transfer.- Non-linear Radiative Williamson Fluid Against a Wedge with Aligned Magnetic Field.- Computational Analysis of Unsteady MHD flow of Third Grade Fluid between Two Infinitely Long Porous Plates.- Nonlinear Unsteady Marangoni-Convection with Variable Properties.- Water Wave Motion Due to Rolling of a Surface Piercing Porous Plate.- The non-Newtonian Fluid Flow in an Inclined Channel withVariable Permeability.- The Stationary Analysis of A Multi Server Fluid Queueing Model With Unreliable Server.

Dr. B. Rushi Kumar is an eminent Professor of Mathematics. He is presently the Head of the Department of Mathematics, School of Advanced Sciences of VIT. His research interests include convection in porous media, magnetohydrodynamics, fluid dynamics, CFD, finite-difference methods. His research is funded by DST under a bilateral exchange programme and CSC follow-on grants by Royal Society, London. Dr. Kumar's teaching covers subjects such as Advanced Mathematical Methods, Applied Numerical Methods, Applications of Differential and Difference Equations and Calculus for Engineers. Dr. Rushi's consulting activities primarily focus on the development of optimization-based analytic solutions in various industries, including defence, financial, electronic marketplace and information technology. Dr. Kumar is an eminent scholar in Applied Mathematics research and the recipient of many research and teaching awards. He is a Life Member of the Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM) and Andhra Pradesh Society for Mathematical Sciences (APSMS). He presented papers at various national and international conferences and reviewed various research articles and thesis. He delivered several invited talks at national and international conferences/seminars/workshops and Faculty Development Programmes. He was also instrumental in organizing several workshops / FDP's / seminars and national and international conferences in VIT. He guided eight Ph.D. students. He is acclaimed in the academic circles for his erudition in the field of Mathematics. Dr. R. Sivaraj is working as a Senior Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India. His area of research is in fluid dynamics, and he works on non-Newtonian fluids, MHD, heat transfer and porous media. He has published 32 research papers in highly reputed international journals. Under his guidance, two scholars received thePh.D.