International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow: Volume 25 Issue 7

Numerical simulation of a diurnal cycle on the structure of ocean mixed layer

Fractional series expansion method for fractional differential equations

– The purpose of this paper is to suggest a new analytical technique called the fractional series expansion method for solving linear fractional differential equations (FDEs).

Variable separation method for nonlinear time fractional biological population model

– The purpose of this paper is to analytically solve the (2+1)-dimensional nonlinear time fractional biological population model in the Caputo sense.

Two-phase natural convection flow of a dusty fluid

The purpose of this paper is to conduct a detailed investigation of the two-dimensional natural convection flow of a dusty fluid. Therefore, the incompressible boundary layer flow…

Lie group analysis of chemical reaction effects on MHD free convection dissipative fluid flow past an inclined porous surface

The purpose of this paper is to study chemical reaction and heat and mass transfer effects on steady free convection flow in an inclined porous plate in the presence of MHD and…

Cosine expansion based differential quadrature algorithm for numerical simulation of two dimensional hyperbolic equations with variable coefficients

The purpose of this paper is to present the computational modeling of second-order two-dimensional nonlinear hyperbolic equations by using cosine expansion-based differential…

New approximate solutions of the Blasius equation

The purpose of this paper is to propose a reliable treatment for studying the Blasius equation, which arises in certain boundary layer problems in the fluid dynamics. The authors…

Numerical simulation of turbulent natural convection combined with surface thermal radiation in a square cavity

The purpose of this paper is to present transient turbulent natural convection with surface thermal radiation in a square differentially heated enclosure using non-primitive…

Application of many-body dissipative particle dynamics to determine liquid characteristics

The purpose of this paper is to find out the applicability of the many-body dissipative particle dynamics (MDPD) method for various real fluids by specifically focusing on the…

Unsteady flow of variable viscosity Cu-water and Al2O3-water nanofluids in a porous pipe with buoyancy force

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the combined effects of buoyancy force and variable viscosity on unsteady flow and heat transfer of water-based nanofluid containing…

Effect of fluid-porous interface conditions on steady flow around and through a porous circular cylinder

The purpose of this paper is to implement the numerical analysis based on finite volume method to compare the effects of stress-jump (SJ) and stress-continuity (SC) conditions on…

Unsteady and porous media flow of reactive non-Newtonian fluids subjected to buoyancy and suction/injection

The purpose of this paper is to examine the unsteady pressure-driven flow of a reactive third-grade non-Newtonian fluid in a channel filled with a porous medium. The flow is…

Simulation of the double emulsion formation through a hierarchical T-junction microchannel

The purpose of this paper is to present a practical way to create three kinds of double emulsions such as double emulsion, double-component double emulsion and viscoelastic double…

Sensitivity analysis of finite volume simulations of a breaking dam problem

The present work is a numerical study of a breaking dam problem. The purpose of this paper is to assess the effect of turbulence and surface tension models in the prediction of…

Pressure and volume changes of an air bubble in a liquid water flow through a heated micro-channel

The purpose of this paper is to study a gas bubble flowing in a micro-channel filled with liquid and to quantify the compressibility effects induced in the bubble by a heat supply…

Letter to the editor