International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow: Volume 20 Issue 7

Modified generalized Laguerre function Tau method for solving laminar viscous flow: The Blasius equation

K. Parand, Mehdi Dehghan, A. Taghavi

The purpose of this paper is to propose a Tau method for solving nonlinear Blasius equation which is a partial differential equation on a flat plate.

Numerical study of buoyancy‐driven transitional flow in a square cavity with partially heated and cooled vertical walls

Rangaswamy Navamani, Nadarajan Murugan

The purpose of this paper is to numerically study transient natural convective flow in a square cavity with partially heated and cooled vertical walls, thermally insulated top…

Buoyancy‐driven flow of a viscous incompressible fluid in an open‐ended rectangular cavity with permeable horizontal surfaces

M.A. Hossain, S. Asghar, Rama Subba Reddy Gorla

The purpose of this paper is to consider the unsteady natural convection flow of a viscous incompressible fluid, which is induced by differential heating on the solid vertical…

Spectral framework for geothermal borehole heat exchangers

Rafid Al‐Khoury

This paper aims to present a framework for deriving analytical and semi‐numerical models for coupled conductive‐convective heat transfer processes in a borehole heat exchanger…

Numerical performance analysis of an annular miniature gas turbine power system using fuels with low heating values

Chun‐Hsiang Yang, Di‐Han Wu, Chiun‐Hsun Chen

Utilizing renewable energy and developing new energy sources are practical responses to the shortage of fossil fuels and environmental regulations for carbon dioxide emissions…

Thermal and fluid dynamic behaviors in symmetrical heated channel‐chimney systems

Assunta Andreozzi, Bernardo Buonomo, Oronzio Manca

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the thermal and fluid dynamic behaviors of natural convection in a vertical channel‐chimney system heated symmetrically at uniform heat…