International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow: Volume 15 Issue 8

A model of heat transfer dynamics of coupled multiphase‐flow and neutron‐radiation: Application to a nuclear fluidized bed reactor

C.C. Pain, J.L.M.A. Gomes, Eaton, C.R.E. de Oliveira, A.J.H. Goddard

To present dynamical analysis of axisymmetric and three‐dimensional (3D) simulations of a nuclear fluidized bed reactor. Also to determine the root cause of reactor power…

Metal matrix composite processing: numerical study of heat transfer between fibers and metal

Arthur Cantarel, Eric Lacoste, Michel Danis, Eric Arquis

To study heat transfer kinetics at the fiber scale in order to describe injection of liquid metal through a fibrous perform initially situated in a preheated mould, which is one…

Particle number per cell and scaling factor effect on accuracy of DSMC simulation of micro flows

C. Shu, X.H. Mao, Y.T. Chew

This paper aims to give some guidance on the selection of particle numbers per cell and the number of molecules per particle in the micro flow simulation by using DSMC method.

A hybrid differencing scheme for mass transport in electrochemical systems

Kevin L. Heppner, Richard W. Evitts

To present a new hybrid differencing scheme for the numerical solution of an electromigration‐diffusion equation. The value of this work is evidenced by demonstrated improvement…

A two‐dimensional numerical procedure for a three dimensional internal flow through a complex passage with a small depth (its application to numerical analysis of fluidic oscillators)

A. Nakayama, F. Kuwahara, Y. Kamiya

To introduce an efficient two‐dimensional numerical procedure for a three‐dimensional internal flow through a complex passage with a small depth, in which the viscous effects from…

Three‐dimensional numerical simulation of g‐jitter induced convection and solute transport in magnetic fields

K. Li, B.Q. Li, J. Handa, H.C. de Groh

The quality of crystals grown in space can be diversely affected by the melt flows induced by g‐jitter associated with a space vehicle. This paper presents a full…

Quadratic Petrov‐Galerkin finite elements for advective‐reactive features in turbomachinery CFD

Alessandro Corsini, Franco Rispoli, Andrea Santoriello

An original finite element scheme for advection‐diffusion‐reaction problems is presented. The new method, called spotted Petrov‐Galerkin (SPG), is a quadratic Petrov‐Galerkin (PG…