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Symmetry and
Fluid Mechanics
Edited by
Rahmat Ellahi
Printed Edition of the Special Issue Published in Symmetry
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Symmetry and Fluid Mechanics
Symmetry and Fluid Mechanics
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RahmatEllahi
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RahmatEllahi
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Contents
AbouttheSpecialIssueEditor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Prefaceto“SymmetryandFluidMechanics”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
RahmatEllahi
SpecialIssueonSymmetryandFluidMechanics
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2020,12,281,doi:10.3390/sym12020281 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
MuhammadAdilSadiq
MHDStagnationPointFlowofNanofluidonaPlatewithAnisotropicSlip
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2019,11,132,doi:10.3390/sym11020132 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
MuhammadJawad,ZahirShah,SaeedIslam,JihenMajdoubi,I.Tlili,WarisKhanandIlyas
Khan
Impact of Nonlinear Thermal Radiation and the Viscous Dissipation Effect on the Unsteady
Three-DimensionalRotatingFlowofSingle-WallCarbonNanotubeswithAqueousSuspensions
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2019,11,207,doi:10.3390/sym11020207 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
RahmatEllahi,AhmedZeeshan,FarooqHussainandA.Asadollahi
PeristalticBloodFlowofCoupleStressFluidSuspendedwithNanoparticlesundertheInfluence
ofChemicalReactionandActivationEnergy
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2019,11,276,doi:10.3390/sym11020276 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Muhammad Suleman, Muhammad Ramzan, Shafiq Ahmad, Dianchen Lu, Taseer
MuhammadandJaeDongChung
ANumericalSimulationofSilver–WaterNanofluidFlowwithImpactsofNewtonianHeating
andHomogeneous–HeterogeneousReactionsPastaNonlinearStretchedCylinder
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2019,11,295,doi:10.3390/sym11020295 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
IbrahimM.Alarifi,AhmedG.Abokhalil,M.Osman,LiaquatAliLund,MossaadBenAyed,
HafedhBelmabroukandIskanderTlili
MHDFlowandHeatTransferoverVerticalStretchingSheetwithHeatSinkorSourceEffect
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2019,11,297,doi:10.3390/sym11030297 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
TazaGul,MuhammadAltafKhan,WaqasNoman,IlyasKhan,TawfeeqAbdullahAlkanhal
andIskanderTlili
Fractional Order Forced Convection Carbon Nanotube Nanofluid Flow Passing Over a
ThinNeedle
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2019,11,312,doi:10.3390/sym11030312 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
ZahirShah,AsifaTassaddiq,SaeedIslam,A.M.AlklaibiandIlyasKhan
Cattaneo–Christov Heat Flux Model for Three-Dimensional Rotating Flow of SWCNT
and MWCNT Nanofluid with Darcy–Forchheimer Porous Medium Induced by a Linearly
StretchableSurface
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2019,11,331,doi:10.3390/sym11030331 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
MuhammadMubashirBhattiandDongQiangLu
AnalyticalStudyoftheHead-OnCollisionProcessbetweenHydroelasticSolitaryWavesinthe
PresenceofaUniformCurrent
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2019,11,333,doi:10.3390/sym11030333 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
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IlyasKhanandAishaM.Alqahtani
MHDNanofluidsinaPermeableChannelwithPorosity
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2019,11,378,doi:10.3390/sym11030378 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
LiaquatAliLund,ZurniOmar,IlyasKhan,JawadRaza,MohsenBakouriandI.Tlili
StabilityAnalysisofDarcy-ForchheimerFlowofCassonTypeNanofluidOveranExponential
Sheet:InvestigationofCriticalPoints
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2019,11,412,doi:10.3390/sym11030412 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
IskanderTlili
EffectsMHDandHeatGenerationonMixedConvectionFlowofJeffreyFluidinMicrogravity
EnvironmentoveranInclinedStretchingSheet
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2019,11,438,doi:10.3390/sym11030438 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
AnwarSaeed,SaeedIslam,AbdullahDawar,ZahirShah,PoomKumamandWarisKhan
InfluenceofCattaneo–ChristovHeatFluxonMHDJeffrey,Maxwell,andOldroyd-BNanofluids
withHomogeneous-HeterogeneousReaction
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2019,11,439,doi:10.3390/sym11030439 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
MuhammadAsif, SamiUlHaq, SaeedIslam, TawfeeqAbdullahAlkanhal, ZarAliKhan,
IlyasKhanandKottakkaranSooppyNisar
UnsteadyFlowofFractionalFluidbetweenTwoParallelWallswithArbitraryWallShearStress
UsingCaputo–FabrizioDerivative
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2019,11,449,doi:10.3390/sym11040449 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
NawafN.Hamadneh,WaqarA.Khan,IlyasKhanandAliS.Alsagri
ModelingandOptimizationofGaseousThermalSlipFlowinRectangularMicroductsUsinga
ParticleSwarmOptimizationAlgorithm
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2019,11,488,doi:10.3390/sym11040488 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
ImranUllah,TawfeeqAbdullahAlkanhal,SharidanShafie,KottakkaranSooppyNisar,Ilyas
KhanandOluwoleDanielMakinde
MHD Slip Flow of Casson Fluid along a Nonlinear Permeable Stretching Cylinder
Saturated in a Porous Medium with Chemical Reaction, Viscous Dissipation, and Heat
Generation/Absorption
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2019,11,531,doi:10.3390/sym11040531 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
DianchenLu,MutazMohammad,MuhammadRamzan,MuhammadBilal,FaresHowariand
MuhammadSuleman
MHDBoundaryLayerFlowofCarreauFluidoveraConvectivelyHeatedBidirectionalSheet
withNon-FourierHeatFluxandVariableThermalConductivity
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2019,11,618,doi:10.3390/sym11050618 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
TazaGul,HarisAnwar,MuhammadAltafKhan,IlyasKhanandPoomKumam
Integer and Non-Integer Order Study of the GO-W/GO-EG Nanofluids Flow by Means of
MarangoniConvection
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2019,11,640,doi:10.3390/sym11050640 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
RahmatEllahi,AhmedZeeshan,FarooqHussainandTehseenAbbas
Two-Phase Couette Flow of Couple Stress Fluid with Temperature Dependent Viscosity
ThermallyAffectedbyMagnetizedMovingSurface
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2019,11,647,doi:10.3390/sym11050647 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
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MuhammadSalmanKausar,AbidHussanan,MustafaMamatandBabarAhmad
BoundaryLayerFlowthroughDarcy–BrinkmanPorousMediuminthePresenceofSlipEffects
andPorousDissipation
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2019,11,659,doi:10.3390/sym11050659 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
AliSalehAlshomraniandMalikZakaUllah
SignificanceofVelocitySlipinConvectiveFlowofCarbonNanotubes
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2019,11,679,doi:10.3390/sym11050679 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
KhalilUrRehman,M.Y.Malik,WaqarAKhan,IlyasKhanandS.O.Alharbi
NumericalSolutionofNon-NewtonianFluidFlowDuetoRotatoryRigidDisk
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2019,11,699,doi:10.3390/sym11050699 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Esmaeil Jalali, Omid Ali Akbari, M. M. Sarafraz, Tehseen Abbas and Mohammad Reza
Safaei
HeatTransferofOil/MWCNTNanofluidJetInjectionInsideaRectangularMicrochannel
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2019,11,757,doi:10.3390/sym11060757 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Umar Khan, Adnan Abbasi, Naveed Ahmed, Saima Noor, Ilyas Khan, Syed Tauseef
Mohyud-DinandWaqarA.Khan
ModifiedMHDRadiativeMixedConvectiveNanofluidFlowModelwithConsiderationofthe
ImpactofFreezingTemperatureandMolecularDiameter
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2019,11,833,doi:10.3390/sym11060833 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
J.Prakash,DharmendraTripathi,A.K.Triwari,SadiqM.SaitandRahmatEllahi
Peristaltic Pumping of Nanofluids through a Tapered Channel in a Porous Environment:
ApplicationsinBloodFlow
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2019,11,868,doi:10.3390/sym11070868 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
YongouZhangandAokuiXiong
A Particle Method Based on a Generalized Finite Difference Scheme to Solve Weakly
CompressibleViscousFlowProblems
Reprintedfrom:Symmetry2019,11,1086,doi:10.3390/sym11091086 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
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About the Special Issue Editor
RahmatEllahi,Ph.D.,accomplishedresearcher,teacher,andaprolificscholar,playsakeyrole
inpromotionofscienceatnationalandinternationallevels.Hehassuccessfullyachieveddistinction
in academics, with the University of Punjab, Quaid-i-Azam University (Islamabad, Pakistan) and
University of California (Riverside, CA, USA) as his alma mater. He has published more than
240papersinjournalsintheUSA,Germany,theU.K.,Canada,etc.Hisworkhasbeencitedmorethan
13,000timesonGoogleScholarhavinganh-indexof64. Heisaneditororeditorialboardmember
for20internationaljournalsandrefereeformorethan300internationaljournals. Hehaseditedsix
Special Issues for ISI impact factor journals. He has successfully supervised 28 research students
(8Ph.D.and20M.S.).Hisleadershipinacademicsisfurtherreflectedthroughresearchcollaboration
withmorethan70internationalleadingscientistsallovertheworld.Hisresearchhashelptoupgrade
thesciencecapacityofseveraluniversitiesaroundtheworldincludingintheUSA,Canada,Australia,
U.K., France, China, Romania, Turkey, Iran, South Africa, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, India,
Vietnam,andPakistan. Heisanauthorofsixbookspublishedatnationalandinternationallevels.
Hehasorganized8internationalconferences,delivered20seminars,andattended25conferencesas
a2keyspeakerandparticipant. Asareferee,hehasinvestigatedmorethan100researchprojects
submittedatHECandUSEFPunderNRUPandFulbrightGrant(forPakistanandPolandScholars).
HehasbeenhonoredasaHighlyCitedResearcherfortheyears2018and2019byClarivateAnalytics.
He was among the top five Productive Scientists of Pakistan in Category A. In addition, he has
receivedsix(threeinternationalandtherenational)awardsbesidesseveralhonors. Heisactively
involvedindifferentprofessionalandacademiabodiesandinstitutesatnationalandinternational
levels. Insummary,Dr. RahmatEllahiisasuperblyqualifiedindividualinthefield,encompassing
allfacetsofahigh-leveleducationist.Hehasprovidedremarkablecontributionstosociety,teaching,
research,development,andpromotionofscientificcooperation,internationalcollaboration,human
resourcedevelopment,andupdatingeducationsystemswiththelatesttrends. Consistentwithhis
researchwork,theUnitedStatesEducationFoundationhonoredhimwithFulbrightFellowforthe
years2011and2012andKingFahdUniversityofPetroleumandMinerals,Dhahran,SaudiArabia,
honoredhimwiththeChairProfessorattheResearchInstituteKFUPMin2018.
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