International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow: Volume 22 Issue 8

Computational modeling of pyrolysis and combustion in a fixed‐bed waste gasifier

Johnny Chung‐Yin Tsai, Hong G. Im, Taig‐Young Kim, Jaeho Kim

The purpose of this paper is to present a three‐dimensional CFD model that simulates the pyrolysis, combustion and heat transfer phenomena in a refuse‐derived fuel (RDF) gasifier…

Study of pulsatile flow in a porous annulus with the homotopy analysis method

M.M. Rashidi, M. Keimanesh, S.C. Rajvanshi

The purpose of this study is to investigate the problem of pulsatile flow in a porous annulus for small Reynolds number.

Laser induced melt pool formation in titanium surface: influence of laser scanning speed

O. Momin, S.Z. Shuja, B.S. Yilbas

A model study of laser heating process including phase change and molten flow in the melt pool gives physical insight into the process and provides useful information on the…

Solution of the MHD Falkner‐Skan flow by Adomian decomposition method and Padé approximants

Behrouz Raftari, Hojatollah Adibi, Ahmet Yildirim

The purpose of this work is to analytically examine the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Falkner‐Skan flow.

Cubic B‐spline differential quadrature methods for the advection‐diffusion equation

Alper Korkmaz, İdris Dağ

Cubic B‐spline differential quadrature methods have been introduced. As test problems, two different solutions of advection‐diffusion equation are chosen. The first test problem…

A numerical algorithm for the space and time fractional Fokker‐Planck equation

S. Karimi Vanani, A. Aminataei

The purpose of this paper is to present an algorithm based on operational Tau method (OTM) for solving fractional Fokker‐Planck equation (FFPE) with space‐ and time‐fractional…

Effects of inclination angle on natural convection in an inclined open porous cavity with non‐isothermally heated wall

Hakan F. Oztop, Khaled Al‐Salem, Yasin Varol, Ioan Pop, Mujdat Fırat

The purpose of this numerical study is to investigate the effects of inclination angle and non‐isothermal wall boundary conditions in a partially open cavity filled with a porous…

Natural convection from a vertical permeable cone in a nanofluid saturated porous media for uniform heat and nanoparticles volume fraction fluxes

A.J. Chamkha, A.M. Rashad

The purpose of this paper is to study steady, laminar, natural convection boundary‐layer flow over a permeable vertical cone embedded in a porous medium saturated with a nanofluid…

Modified variational iteration method for solving a neutral functional‐differential equation with proportional delays

H. Ghaneai, M.M. Hosseini, Syed Tauseef Mohyud‐Din

The purpose of this paper is to introduce an auxiliary parameter into the well‐known variational iteration algorithm which proves very effective to control the convergence region…

Computational modelling of inflow turbulence effects on transitional flow in a highly transonic linear turbine

M. Tutar, Ü. Sönmez

The purpose of this paper is to numerically study inflow turbulence effects on the transitional flow in a high pressure linear transonic turbine at the design incidence.

Forced convection heat transfer within a moderately‐stenosed, patient‐specific carotid bifurcation

Rhodri L.T. Bevan, Roland W. Lewis, Perumal Nithiarasu

The purpose of this paper is to numerically model forced convection heat transfer within a patient‐specific carotid bifurcation and to examine the relationship between the…