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 with Variable Permeability -- The Stationary Analysis of A Multi Server Fluid Queueing Model With Unreliable Server.

This book comprises selected peer-reviewed proceedings of the International Conference on Applications of Fluid Dynamics (ICAFD 2018) organized by the School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, India, in association with the University of Botswana and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), USA. With an aim to identify the existing challenges in the area of applied mathematics and mechanics, the book emphasizes the importance of establishing new methods and algorithms to address these challenges. The topics covered include diverse applications of fluid dynamics in aerospace dynamics and propulsion, atmospheric sciences, compressible flow, environmental fluid dynamics, control structures, viscoelasticity and mechanics of composites. Given the contents, the book is a useful resource for students, researchers as well as practitioners.