International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow: Volume 12 Issue 2

A calculation procedure with multi‐block iteration and moving mesh for heat and fluid flows in complex time‐dependent geometries

H. Lai, Y.Y. Yan, J.M. Smith

A calculation procedure is proposed for heat and fluid flows in geometries with a time‐dependent boundary. The procedure incorporates a moving mesh arrangement with multi‐block…

Natural convection inside dome shaped enclosures

Subrat Das, Yos Morsi

In the present paper the analysis of heat transfer and free convective motion have been carried out numerically for dome shaped enclosures. The solution method is based on the…

Influence of non‐isothermal fluid properties on the growth of spherical fluid shells

Xundong Qin, Roger E. Khayat

This numerical study explores the influence of the time dependence of material fluid parameters on the transient temperature evolution during the growth of fluid shells. The shell…

Thermal stability of superconductors under the effect of a two‐dimensional hyperbolic heat conduction model

M. Al‐Odat, M.A. Al‐Nimr, M. Hamdan

The thermal stability of superconductor is numerically investigated under the effect of a two‐dimensional hyperbolic heat conduction model. Two types of superconductor wires are…

Fire and smoke distribution in a two‐room compartment structure

G.H. Yeoh, R.K.K. Yuen, E.W.M. Lee, S.C.P. Chueng

This paper presents a comparison of numerical predictions employing a Computational Fluid Dynamics fire model against a series of turbulent buoyant fire experiments recently…

Laser pulse heating of steel surfaces including impinging gas effect and variable properties

S.Z. Shuja, B.S. Yilbas, M.O. Budair

The gas assisted Iaser heating of engineering surfaces finds wide application in industry. Numerical simulation of the heating process may considerably reduce the cost spent on…