Special issue: selected papers from ThermaComp 2011, September 5-7, 2011, Dalian, China

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Li, X., Massarotti, N. and Nithiarasu, P. (2013), "Special issue: selected papers from ThermaComp 2011, September 5-7, 2011, Dalian, China", International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 23 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/hff.2013.13423aaa.001

Special issue: selected papers from ThermaComp 2011, September 5-7, 2011, Dalian, China

Article Type: Guest editorial From: International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Volume 23, Issue 1

This special issue collects selected papers, presented at the Second International Conference on Computational Methods for Thermal Problems (ThermaComp 2011) held in Dalian, China, between September 5 and 7, 2011. We would like to thank all speakers for their interesting contributions, and for representing the spirit of this series of conferences. ThermaComp aims at bringing together researchers interested in fundamental numerical methods for heat and fluid flow and those who use such methods to solve complex, real life applications. This special issue includes some of the work presented by invited lecturers like Professors Chinesta, Lu, Shu, Biswas, Jaluria, and Šarler, as well as the efforts of young researchers, including Gaojie Liu, who was awarded the Professor R.W. Lewis prize for the best student presentation at ThermaComp 2011.

In the first paper of this issue Zielinski and Voller (2013) develop an alternative numerical approach to describe fractional diffusion in cartesian and non-cartesian domains. Mandal and Sonawane (2013) simulate the flow inside differentially heated rotating cavity using equations derived in non-inertial and inertial frame of reference. Chinesta and coworkers solve non-linear parametric thermal models defined in degenerated geometries, such as plate and shell geometries (Chinesta et al., 2013). Odabaee and colleagues study the deposition of dust with a low thermal conductivity on highly conductive solid phase of metal foam (Odabaee et al., 2013). Feng and colleagues present a porous medium model for simulation of forced air convection in pin/plate-fin heat sinks subjected to non-uniform heating due to hot gas impinging jet (Feng et al., 2013). Shu and colleagues employ two efficient immersed boundary methods for the simulation of natural and mixed convection problems (Shu et al., 2013). Langella and colleagues discuss some fundamental aspects regarding the anomalies in passive scalar field advected by forced homogenous and isotropic turbulence by inspection of the analytical properties of the governing equations and with the aid of direct numerical simulation data (Langella et al., 2013). Ray and colleagues present a numerical approach to investigate different phenomena occurring during multiple liquid drop impact on air-water interface (Ray et al., 2013). Jaluria’s (2013) work is focused on the main challenges encountered in obtaining accurate numerical simulation results on a wide range of practical thermal processes and systems. Liu and Guo (2013) numerically study the effects of Prandtl number on the mixing process in two-dimensional Rayleigh-Taylor instability of incompressible and miscible fluids. Kosec and Šarler (2013) solve highly nonlinear fluid dynamic in a low Prandtl number regime, typical for metal like materials, as defined in the call for contributions to a numerical benchmark problem for 2D columnar solidification of binary alloys. Arpino and his colleagues numerically simulate steady-state thermo-solutal convection in rectangular cavities with different aspect ratios, subject to horizontal temperature and concentration gradients (Arpino et al., 2013).

We take this opportunity to once again thank all the authors for accepting our invitation to contribute to this special issue, and we would also like to thank Professor R.W. Lewis for continuing to support ThermaComp and giving us the opportunity to edit this special issue.

X. Li, N. Massarotti, P. NithiarasuGuest Editors