Handbook of Research for Fluid and Solid Mechanics: Theory, Simulation, and Experiment

Kaveh Hariri Asli, PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Energy Conversion, has consulted for a number of major corporations. He has over 30 years of experience in practicing mechanical engineering design and teaching. Professor Hariri Asli is the author of many books and over 100 international journal and conference papers in the fields of fluid mechanics, hydraulics,and automation and control systems, published by Apple Academic Press, CRC Press, Springer, and others. He is the member of editorial boards for many international engineering journals.Soltan Ali Ogli Aliyev, DSc, is Deputy Director of the Department of Mathematics and Mechanics at the National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan (AMEA) in Baku, Azerbaijan. He has served as a professor at several universities. He is the author and editor of several books as well as of a number of papers published in various journals and conference proceedings. Sabu Thomas, PhD, is the Director of the School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India. He is also a full professor of polymer science and engineering and the Honorary Director of the Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of the same university. He is a fellow of many professional bodies. Professor Thomas has authored or co-authored many papers in international peer-reviewed journals in the area of polymer processing. He has organized several international conferences and has more than 420 publications, 11 books and two patents to his credit. He has been involved in a number of books both as author and editor. He is a reviewer to many international journals and has received many awards for his excellent work in polymer processing. His h Index is 42, Professor Thomas is listed as the 5th position in the list of Most Productive Researchers in India, in 2008. Deepu A. Gopakumar is a Research Scholar at the University of South Brittany, Lorient, France. He is engaged in doctoral studies in the area of nanocellulose-based polymer membranes for water treatment. He has also conducted research work at Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil.