International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow: Volume 29 Issue 11
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Maximum propulsive efficiency of two pitching and plunging plates in tandem at low Reynolds number: A numerical analysis
Joaquin Ortega-Casanova, Ramon Fernandez-FeriaThis paper aims to consider the thrust force generated by two plunging and pitching plates in a tandem configuration in forward flight to find out the configuration that maximizes…
Meshless velocity – vorticity local boundary integral equation (LBIE) method for two dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equations
E.J. Sellountos, Jorge Tiago, Adelia SequeiraThis paper aims to describe the 2D meshless local boundary integral equation (LBIE) method for solving the Navier–Stokes equations.
Numerical study of liquid jet impingement flow and heat transfer of a cone heat sink
Zhiguo Tang, Hai Li, Feng Zhang, Xiaoteng Min, Jianping ChengThe purpose of this paper is to explore the flow and heat transfer characteristics of the jet impingement onto a conical heat sink and evaluate the ability of heat transfer…
A conservative, piecewise–analytical, transversal method of lines for reaction–diffusion equations
J.I. RamosThe purpose of this paper is to develop a new transversal method of lines for one-dimensional reaction–diffusion equations that is conservative and provides piecewise–analytical…
Natural convection in differentially heated enclosures subjected to variable temperature boundaries
Abdulmajeed Mohamad, Mikhail A. Sheremet, Jan Taler, Paweł OcłońNatural convection in differentially heated enclosures has been extensively investigated due to its importance in many industrial applications and has been used as a benchmark…
Numerical simulation of forced convection in a bi-disperse porous medium channel by creating new porous micro-channels inside the porous macro-blocks
Behnam Rajabzadeh, Mohammad Hojaji, Arash KarimipourPorous medium has always been introduced as an environment for increasing heat transfer in cooling systems. However, increase in heat transfer and resolving pressure drop in the…
Numerical investigation of the POD reduced-order model for fast predictions of two-phase flows in porous media
Jingfa Li, Tao Zhang, Shuyu Sun, Bo YuThis paper aims to present an efficient IMPES algorithm based on a global model order reduction method, proper orthogonal decomposition (POD), to achieve the fast solution and…
An extended time-dependent KdV6 equation: Painlevé integrability and multiple soliton solutions
Abdul-Majid Wazwaz, Gui-Qiong XuThe purpose of this paper is to develop a new time-dependent KdV6 equation. The authors derive multiple soliton solutions and multiple complex soliton solutions for a…
Analysis of tilted neutral planes for tall space fires with unsymmetrical openings using numerical simulation and Schlieren photography technique
ChungHwei Su, ShiuanCheng WangThe purpose of this paper is to analyze the variations in the neutral plane when a tall space with unsymmetrical openings is on fire. The neutral plane of the fire scene is an…
Analysis and application of shroud wall optimization to an axial compressor with upstream boundary layer to improve aerodynamic performance
Hanan Lu, Qiushi Li, Tianyu Pan, Ramesh AgarwalFor an axial-flow compressor rotor, the upstream inflow conditions will vary as the aircraft faces harsh flight conditions (such as taking off, landing or maneuvering) or the…
Flow and heat transfer of couple stress nanofluid sandwiched between viscous fluids
C. Jawali Umavathi, Mikhail SheremetThe purpose of this study is a numerical analysis of steady-state heat transfer behavior of couple-stress nanofluid sandwiched between viscous fluids. It should be noted that this…
Magneto-bioconvection flow of a casson thin film with nanoparticles over an unsteady stretching sheet: HAM and GDQ computation
Atul Kumar Ray, Vasu B., O. Anwar Beg, R.S.R. Gorla, P.V.S.N. MurthyThis paper aims to numerically investigate the two-dimensional unsteady laminar magnetohydrodynamic bioconvection flow and heat transfer of an electrically conducting…
Flow–pressure drop characteristics of perforated plates
Phillip Tanner, John Gorman, Eph SparrowThe purpose of this study is to quantify the relationship between the fluid flow and pressure drop for perforated plates. The homogenization of non-uniform fluid flows is often…
Numerical simulation of the fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics of microchannel heat exchangers with different reentrant cavities
Minqiang Pan, Hongqing Wang, Yujian Zhong, Tianyu Fang, Xineng ZhongWith the increasing heat dissipation of electronic devices, the cooling demand of electronic products is increasing gradually. A water-cooled microchannel heat exchanger is an…
Free convection heat transfer of MgO-MWCNTs/EG hybrid nanofluid in a porous complex shaped cavity with MHD and thermal radiation effects
Mohammad Ghalambaz, Mahmoud Sabour, Ioan Pop, Dongsheng WenThe present study aims to address the flow and heat transfer of MgO-MWCNTs/EG hybrid nanofluid in a complex shape enclosure filled with a porous medium. The enclosure is subject…
Alternate PCM with air cavities in LED heat sink for transient thermal management
Sana Ben Salah, Mohamed Bechir Ben HamidaThe purpose of this paper is to optimize the configuration of a heat sink with phase change material for improving the cooling performance of light emitting diodes (LED).
A multiscale method for producing homogenized drag laws of a permeable medium by conflating experimental data with Lattice-Boltzmann simulations
Alejandro Clausse, Nicolás Silin, Gustavo BoroniThe purpose of this paper is to obtain a permeability law of a gas flow through a permeable medium using particle image velocimetry experimental data as primal information, which…
Improvement of drug delivery micro-circulatory system with a novel pattern of CuO-Cu/blood hybrid nanofluid flow towards a porous stretching sheet
Saeed Dinarvand, Mohammadreza Nademi Rostami, Rassoul Dinarvand, Ioan PopThis paper aims to simulate the steady laminar mixed convection incompressible viscous and electrically conducting hybrid nanofluid (CuO-Cu/blood) flow near the plane…
Simulation of Fe3O4-H2O nanoliquid in a triangular enclosure subjected to Cattaneo–Christov theory of heat conduction
A.S. Dogonchi, Muhammad Waqas, M. Mudassar Gulzar, M. Hashemi-Tilehnoee, Seyyed Masoud Seyyedi, D.D. GanjiThe purpose of this research is to describe the importance of the Cattaneo–Christov theory of heat conduction in a triangular enclosure with a semi-circular heater. Analysis…
Numerical simulation for transient flow of Williamson fluid with multiple slip model in the presence of chemically reacting species
Aamir Hamid, Masood Khan, Metib AlghamdiThe purpose of this paper is to analyze a mathematical model for the time-dependent flow of non-Newtonian Williamson liquid because of a stretching surface. The mathematical…
Numerical study of the effects of ventilated cavities outlet location on thermal comfort and air quality
Zohir Younsi, Lounes Koufi, Hassane NajiA comprehensive investigation on the outlet air position effects on the thermal comfort and air quality has been achieved. In addition, airflow and temperature distributions in…
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