International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow: Volume 18 Issue 1

The influences of velocity on pressure losses in hydrate slurry

M. Gorji, N. Ghorbani

In recent years, hydraulic transfer in solid‐liquid flows has been paid considerable attention by many researchers. One of the most important parameters of this kind of flow is…

Numerical analysis of turbulent natural convection heat transfer inside a triangular‐shaped enclosure utilizing computational fluid dynamic code

M. Ghassemi, M. Fathabadi, A. Shadaram

The paper's purpose is to consider a numerical study of turbulent natural convection heat transfer inside a triangular‐shaped enclosure.

Computer simulation of a pressure‐volume‐temperature process

J. Horta‐Rangel, J. Hernández‐Zaragoza, L. Pérez‐Rea, T. López‐Lara, C. López‐Cajun, V.M. Castano

The study of pressure‐volume‐temperature (PVT) process is necessary to understand the physical behaviour of materials. This paper seeks to develop a simulation procedure to…

Numerical solution of three‐dimensional viscous shock layer using axisymmetric analog along the streamlines

S. Noori, S.M.H. Karimian, M. Malekzadeh Dirin

This paper aims to predict aerodynamic heating through the efficient solution of three‐dimensional viscous shock layer (VSL) equations, using axisymmetric analog.

A hybrid finite difference‐finite element method for solving the 3D energy equation in non‐isothermal flow past over a tube

A. Arefmanesh, M.A. Alavi

This paper aims to develop a hybrid finite difference‐finite element method and apply it to solve the three‐dimensional energy equation in non‐isothermal fluid flow past over a…

Finite element modelling of electro‐osmotic flows on unstructured meshes

A.K. Arnold, P. Nithiarasu, P.G. Tucker

This paper seeks to numerically model electro‐osmotic flow (EOF) through microchannels using a finite element‐based unstructured mesh solution methodology.

Combined effects of the inlet temperature and the wall thermal capacitance on the laminar mixed convection in a vertical pipe

Ton Hoang Mai, Catalin Viorel Popa, Omar Kholai

The aim of this study is to present numerical analyses for combined effects of the inlet temperature (ΔT⁺) and the wall‐to‐fluid thermal capacitance ratio (a*) on the laminar…