We study the effect of long-range dipolar forces on the dynamics and morphology of domain walls in magnetic thin films by numerical simulations of the spin-1 random-field Ising model. By studying the size distribution of ...

In the paper, a novel algorithm employing pseudo-spectral approach is developed for the PKN model of hydrofracturing. The respective solvers compute both the solution and its temporal derivative. In comparison with ...

A three-dimensional unilateral contact problem for articular cartilage layers is considered in the framework of the biphasic cartilage model. The articular cartilages bonded to subchondral bones are modeled as biphasic ...

Imperfect transmission conditions modelling a thin intermediate layer between two bonded materials in a dissimilar strip are derived in this paper. The interphase material is assumed to be heat-resistant and situated in a ...

We revisit the axisymmetric contact problem for a biphasic cartilage layer and consider a refined formulation taking into account the both normal and tangential displacements at the contact interface. The obtained analytical ...

This paper outlines experimental work concerned with the peeling of dough from solid surfaces. The findings of the programme are used to validate corresponding numerical simulations carried out at UW Swansea, with the ...

Many classical rigid perfectly/plastic solutions cannot be extended to more complicated rigid plastic materials, such as rigid plastic hardening materials and rigid viscoplastic materials. The present paper reveals sources ...

It is shown that the solution of the semi-geostrophic equations for shallow-water flow can be found and analysed in spherical geometry by methods similar to those used in the existing $f$-plane solutions. Stable states in ...

The paper is concerned with the problem of a semi-infinite crack at the interface between two dissimilar elastic half-spaces, loaded by a general asymmetrical system of forces distributed along the crack faces. On the basis ...