International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow: Volume 31 Issue 3

Computational fluid dynamics analysis of the effect of throat diameter on the fluid flow and performance of ejector

Mohammadreza Salehi, Nader Pourmahmoud, Amir Hassanzadeh, S. Hoseinzadeh, P.S. Heyns

Using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technique, this paper aims to investigate the influence of key parameters such as throat diameter; the suction ratio on the flow field…

Numerical results for the classical free convection flow problem in a square porous cavity using spline functions

Sanda Micula, Ioan Pop

This paper aims to present the problem of natural convection in a square cavity filled with a fluid-saturated porous medium having constant temperatures on the side walls, and the…

Dufour and Soret effects on Al2O3-water nanofluid flow over a moving thin needle: Tiwari and Das model

Iskandar Waini, Anuar Ishak, Ioan Pop

This paper aims to examine the effect of Dufour and Soret diffusions on Al₂O₃-water nanofluid flow over a moving thin needle by using the Tiwari and Das model.

Numerical investigation of three-dimensional nanofluid flow with heat and mass transfer on a nonlinearly stretching sheet using the barycentric functions

Soraya Torkaman, Ghasem Barid Loghmani, Mohammad Heydari, Abdul-Majid Wazwaz

The purpose of this paper is to investigate a three-dimensional boundary layer flow with considering heat and mass transfer on a nonlinearly stretching sheet by using a novel…

A new similarity solution with stability analysis for the three-dimensional boundary layer of hybrid nanofluids

Najiyah Safwa Khashi'ie, Norihan M. Arifin, Ioan Pop, Roslinda Nazar, Ezad Hafidz Hafidzuddin

The purpose of this study is to implement a new class of similarity transformation in analyzing the three-dimensional boundary layer flow of hybrid nanofluid. The Cu-Al₂O₃/water…

Numerical study of flow and heat transfer behaviors during direct-chill casting of large-size magnesium alloy billet under pulsed magnetic field

Wenchao Duan, Siqi Yin, Wenhong Liu, Jian Yang, Qingfeng Zhu, Lei Bao, Ping Wang, Jianzhong Cui, Zhiqiang Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of pulsed magnetic field (PMF) with different duty cycles on the melt flow and heat transfer behaviors during direct-chill…

MHD flow and heat transfer of hybrid nanofluid over a permeable moving surface in the presence of thermal radiation

Nurul Amira Zainal, Roslinda Nazar, Kohilavani Naganthran, Ioan Pop

This paper aims to investigate the flow and heat transfer characteristics of a hybrid nanofluid (Cu-Al₂O₃/water) in the presence of magnetohydrodynamics and thermal radiation over…

Effect of wall conduction on the heat transfer characteristics of supercritical n-decane in a horizontal rectangular pipe for cooling of a scramjet combustor

Yong Li, Gongnan Xie, Bengt Ake Sunden

The purpose of this paper is to numerically study the influence of wall conduction on the heat transfer of supercritical n-decane in the active regenerative cooling channels.

MHD Marangoni boundary layer problem for hybrid nanofluids with thermal radiation

Emad H. Aly, Abdelhalim Ebaid

The purpose of this paper is to study flow of the Marangoni boundary layer pasta surface embedded in a porous medium saturated by a hybrid nanofluid in the presence of a magnetic…

Radiative hybrid nanofluid flow past a rotating permeable stretching/shrinking sheet

Nur Syazana Anuar, Norfifah Bachok, Ioan Pop

This paper aims to discuss a stability analysis on Cu-Al₂O₃/water nanofluid having a radiation and suction impacts over a rotating stretching/shrinking sheet.

Free convection and thermal radiation of nanofluid inside nonagon inclined cavity containing a porous medium influenced by magnetic field with variable direction in the presence of uniform heat generation/absorption

Mohamed Dhia Massoudi, Mohamed Bechir Ben Hamida, Mohammed A. Almeshaal

The purpose of this paper is to study the natural convection and radiation heat transfer inside Nonagon inclined cavity with variable heated source length, which contains a porous…

Third-grade non-Newtonian fluid flow and heat transfer in two coaxial pipes with a variable radius ratio with magnetic field

Mohsen Javanmard, Mohammad Hasan Taheri, Nematollah Askari, Hakan F. Öztop, Nidal Abu-Hamdeh

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the hydromagnetic third-grade non-Newtonian fluid flow and heat transfer between two coaxial pipes with a variable radius ratio.

Numerical investigation on pressure-driven electro osmatic flow and mixing in a constricted micro channel by triangular obstacle

Ahamed Saleel C., Asif Afzal, Irfan Anjum Badruddin, T.M. Yunus Khan, Sarfaraz Kamangar, Mostafa Abdelmohimen, Manzoore Elahi M. Soudagar, H. Fayaz

The characteristics of fluid motions in micro-channel are strong fluid-wall surface interactions, high surface to volume ratio, extremely low Reynolds number laminar flow, surface…

MHD hybrid nanofluid flow over a permeable stretching/shrinking sheet with thermal radiation effect

Ubaidullah Yashkun, Khairy Zaimi, Nor Ashikin Abu Bakar, Anuar Ishak, Ioan Pop

This study aims to investigate the heat transfer characteristic of the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) hybrid nanofluid over the linear stretching and shrinking surface in the presence…

Dual solutions of the nonlinear problem of heat transfer in a straight fin with temperature-dependent heat transfer coefficient

Nasibeh Karamollahi, Ghasem Barid Loghmani, Mohammad Heydari

In this paper, a numerical scheme is provided to predict and approximate the multiple solutions for the problem of heat transfer through a straight rectangular fin with…