International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow: Volume 31 Issue 7

Effect of transverse and parallel magnetic fields on thermal and thermo-hydraulic performances of ferro-nanofluid flow in trapezoidal microchannel heat sink

Mojtaba Sepehrnia, Hossein Khorasanizadeh, Mohammad Behshad Shafii

This paper aims to study the thermal and thermo-hydraulic performances of ferro-nanofluid flow in a three-dimensional trapezoidal microchannel heat sink (TMCHS) under uniform heat…

MHD flows on irregular boundary over a diverging channel with viscous dissipation effect

Iyyappan G., Abhishek Kumar Singh

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the force convection laminar boundary layer flow on irregular boundary in diverging channel with the presence of magnetic field effects…

The effect of externally applied rotational oscillations on FIV characteristics of tandem circular cylinders for different spacing ratios

Amir Hossein Rabiee, Mostafa Esmaeili

This study aims to explore an active control strategy for attenuation of in-line and transverse flow-induced vibration (FIV) of two tandem-arranged circular cylinders.

Impacts of variable magnetic field on a ferrofluid flow inside a cavity including a helix using ISPH method

Abdelraheem M. Aly, Sameh Elsayed Ahmed, Zehba Raizah

The purpose of this paper is to study the unsteady ferrofluid flow with a hot source helix inside a cavity under the impacts of a variable magnetic field by using the…

Heat transfer enhancement with nanofluid in an open enclosure due to discrete heaters mounted on sidewalls and a heated inner block

Endalkachew Getachew Ushachew, Mukesh Kumar Sharma, Mohammad Mehdi Rashidi

The purpose of this study is to explore the heat transfer enhancement in copper–water nanofluid flowing in a diagonally vented rectangular enclosure with four discrete heaters…

A computational analysis of heat transport irreversibility phenomenon in a magnetized porous channel

Souad Marzougui, M. Bouabid, Fateh Mebarek-Oudina, Nidal Abu-Hamdeh, Mourad Magherbi, K. Ramesh

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the temperature, the Dirichlet conditions have been considered to the parallel horizontal plates. The model of generalized…

LES/FMDF of turbulent reacting jet in cross-flow

Mostafa Esmaeili, Asghar Afshari

This study aims to numerically investigate the flow features and mixing/combustion efficiencies in a turbulent reacting jet in cross-flow by a hybrid Eulerian-Lagrangian…

Coupling LES with soot model for the study of soot volume fraction in a turbulent diffusion jet flames at various Reynolds number configurations

Mohamed Ibrahim N.H., M. Udayakumar, Sivan Suresh, Suvanjan Bhattacharyya, Mohsen Sharifpur

This study aims to investigate the insights of soot formation such as rate of soot coagulation, rate of soot nucleation, rate of soot surface growth and soot surface oxidation in…

Variational principle and its fractal approximate solution for fractal Lane-Emden equation

KangLe Wang

The purpose of this paper is to describe the Lane–Emden equation by the fractal derivative and establish its variational principle by using the semi-inverse method. The…

Transient disturbances in a nonlocal functionally graded thermoelastic solid under Green–Lindsay model

Rajesh Kumar, Seema Thakran, Ankush Gunghas, Kapil Kumar Kalkal

The purpose of this study is to analyze the two-dimensional disturbances in a nonlocal, functionally graded, isotropic thermoelastic medium under the purview of the Green–Lindsay…

An experimental/numerical hydrothermal-Second law analysis of a finned/tubular heat exchanger using Bhatnagar–Gross–Krook Lattice Boltzmann (BGKLBM) and rheological-thermal behavior of Fe2O3-water

Saeid Hejri, Daryoush Kamali, Emad Hasani Malekshah

The purpose of this study is analysis of the natural convection and entropy production in a two-dimensional section of the considered heat exchanger. For this purpose, the lattice…

Axisymmetric flow of hybrid nanofluid due to a permeable non-linearly stretching/shrinking sheet with radiation effect

Natalia C. Roşca, Alin V. Roşca, Ioan Pop

This paper aims to report theoretical and numerical results for the problem of laminar axisymmetric flow of hybrid nanofluid over a permeable non-linearly stretching/shrinking…

Two-layer nanofluid flow and heat transfer in a horizontal microchannel with electric double layer effects and magnetic field

Qingkai Zhao, Hang Xu, Longbin Tao

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the immiscible two-layer heat fluid flows in the presence of the electric double layer (EDL) and magnetic field. The effects of EDL…

Numerical analysis of jet airflow impact inclined flat plate under electrohydrodynamics force in a porous medium

Suwimon Saneewong Na Ayuttaya

This study aims to present a numerical analysis of the behavior of the electric field and flow field characteristics under electrohydrodynamics (EHD) force. The influence of the…

Comprehensive hydrothermal analysis of an inclined mini-channel with fin array: by dual/multi-relaxation-time LBM and experimental process on SiO2-glycol rheological/thermal characteristics

Daryoush Kamali, Saeid Hejri, Narges Akbar, Emad Hasani Malekshah

The purpose of this study is to present a comprehensive hydrothermal analysis on an inclined mini-channel using numerical and experimental techniques. The fin array acts as heat…