Precious Sibanda

Born: July 3, 1967

place: Umzingwane, Zimbabwe

B.Sc (1990); University of Zimbabwe; M.Sc (1992); University of Manchester

PhD (1996); University of Manchester
thesis:

area of degree: Fluid Mechanics

Senior Lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe

personal or universal URL: http://196.4.80.248/science/maths/staff/sibanda.htm
email: sibanda@maths.uz.ac.zw

 

 

RESEARCH

Area of speciality and interest Fluid Mechanics- Boundary layer theory/high Reynolds number flow asymptotic theory.

Monographs

1. Particle Mechanics (2000) (with O D Makinde). UZ Publications. ISBN: 0-908307-79-9.

2. A Mathematical Introduction to Incompressible Flow (2000) (with O D Makinde). UZ Publications. ISBN: 0-908307-78-0.

PAPERS

Accepted for publication

  1. A Mathematical Approach to Accident and Collision Reconstruction. International Journal of Management and Systems (IJOMAS) (2000).
  2. The effects of cooling/heating on the upper-branch stability of a boundary layer flows over a compliant boundary(with Motsa, S. S. & Gajjar, J. S. B). C.A.M.E.S (2000).
  3. On the upper branch stability of accelerating boundary layer flows over a compliant boundary A.M.S.E (Modelling, Measurement & Control) (2000).(with Motsa, S.S. & Gajjar, J.S.B.).
  4. The Hydrodynamic of Channel flow with Compliant Boundaries with heating and cooling(with Motsa, S. S & Gajjar,J.S.B). European Journal of Mathematics B/Fluids (2000).

PUBLICATIONS

  1. On the Chebychev spectral collocation method in channel and jet flows ( with S S Motsa). SAMSA Jour. of Maths (2001). Vol. 1 No. 1, 36-47.
  2. On the stability of compressible flow over a flat-plate(with Gajjar,J.S.B). A.M.S.E (Advances in Modelling & Analysis) (2000). Vol. 37 No. 1, 29-44.
  3. Steady flow in a diverging symmetric channel : Numerical study of the bifurcation by analytic continuation (with O D Makinde). Quastiones Mathematicae (2000). Vol. 23, 45-57.
  4. Fluid Dynamics of sliding plate (with O D Makinde). Quastiones Mathematicae (2000). Vol. 23, 59-66.
  5. High Reynolds number MHD steady flow in a channel of uniform width (with O D Makinde). Jour. of Inst. of Math & Comp. Sci. (Comp. Sc. Ser.) (1999). Vol. 1 No.2, 105-110.
  6. On suction driven flow in a channel filled with porous media (with O D Makinde & E Lungu). Jour. of Inst. of Math & Comp. Sci. (Comp. Sc. Ser.) (1999). Vol. 1 No.1, 23-28.
  7. Effect of viscosity variation due to variation in temperature on plane-Poiseulle flow (with O D Makinde). A.M.S.E (Modelling, Measurement & Control) (1998) Vol. 66 No.1, 33-40.
  8. Mathematics in the countries of South Africa: Realities and Aspirations (with E Lungu). Notices of the American Mathematical Society (1997), Vol. 44 No.5: 574-575.
  9. On suction driven flow and heat transfer in a pipe filled with porous media (with O D Makinde). CAMES (1998) No. 4 , 389-398.
  10. Computer extended series for pipe flow : effect of viscosity variation due to variation in temperature (with O D Makinde). J. of Appl. Sc. in S. Africa (1997). Vol. 3, Nos. 1 & 2, 73-78.
  11. Nonlinear Development of Cross-Flow Instabilities in Compressible Boundary Layer Flows (with J S B Gajjar & M M Arebi). AIAA (1996) 96 - 2159.
  12. The Hydrodynamic Stability of Channel flow with Compliant Boundaries ( with J S B Gajjar). Theo. and Comp. Fluid Dyn. (1996). 8: 105-129.

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