International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow: Volume 20 Issue 3

On steady MHD flow and heat transfer past a rotating disk in a porous medium with ohmic heating and viscous dissipation

P. Sibanda, O.D. Makinde

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the hydromagnetic steady flow and heat transfer characteristics of an incompressible viscous electrically conducting fluid past a…

Shape optimization of a flat channel with an array of discrete, flush‐mounted heat sources on one plate being cooled by forced convective water

Antonio Campo, Richard Johnson, Mark D. Landon, Luben Cabezas‐Gómez

The purpose of this paper is to provide a suitable linkage between a computational fluid dynamics code and a shape optimization code for the analysis of heat/fluid flow in forced…

Biomagnetic fluid flow in the presence of a line dipole

Polycarpos K. Papadopoulos

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of a magnetic field on the flow of a biomagnetic fluid.

Modelling and simulation of flow boiling heat transfer

Fabian Krause, Sven Schüttenberg, Udo Fritsching

The purpose of this paper is to describe the development and application of a numerical model for analysis of flow boiling phenomena and heat transfer.

Entropy generation in a square cavity: Effect of porous block configurations in relation to cooling applications

S.Z. Shuja, B.S. Yilbas, M. Kassas

The purpose of this paper is to study flow over two heat generating porous blocks situated in a cavity, and examine the effects of porous blocks geometric orientations in the…

Experimental and numerical investigation of isothermal flow in an idealized swirl combustor

A.C. Benim, M.P. Escudier, A. Nahavandi, A.K. Nickson, K.J. Syed, F. Joos

The main purpose of the paper is the validation of different modelling strategies for turbulent swirling flow of an incompressible fluid in an idealized swirl combustor.