International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow: Volume 21 Issue 5

A multi‐level adaptive solution strategy for 3D inverse problems in pool boiling

Yi Heng, Maka Karalashvili, Adel Mhamdi, Wolfgang Marquardt

The purpose of this paper is to present an efficient algorithm based on a multi‐level adaptive mesh refinement strategy for the solution of ill‐posed inverse heat conduction…

Efficient simulations of detailed combustion fields via the lattice Boltzmann method

Eliodoro Chiavazzo, Ilya V. Karlin, Alexander N. Gorban, Konstantinos Boulouchos

The paper aims to be a first step toward the efficient, yet accurate, solution of detailed combustion fields using the lattice Boltzmann (LB) method, where applications are still…

An upwind method for incompressible flows with heat transfer

Jadav Chandra Mandal, Anesh S. Iyer

The purpose of this paper is to present a novel numerical method to solve incompressible flows with natural and mixed convections using pseudo‐compressibility formulation.

Entropy generation analysis for the design optimization of solid oxide fuel cells

Adriano Sciacovelli, Vittorio Verda

The aim of this paper is to investigate performance improvements of a monolithic solid oxide fuel cell geometry through an entropy generation analysis.

Numerical analysis of convective heat transfer enhancement in swirl tubes

Sara Rainieri, Fabio Bozzoli, Linda Schiavi, Giorgio Pagliarini

The aim of this paper is to investigate the convective heat transfer in swirl tubes, which are obtained by roto‐translating a circular section eccentric with respect to the…

Pattern study of thermal phase separation for binary fluid mixtures

Adriano Tiribocchi, Antonio Piscitelli, Giuseppe Gonnella, Antonio Lamura

The purpose of this paper is to present numerical results about phase separation of binary fluid mixtures quenched by contact with cold walls.

Application of the lattice Boltzmann method for large‐scale hydraulic problems

Chiara Biscarini, Silvia Di Francesco, Matteo Mencattini

The purpose of this paper is to prove the validity of the front‐tracking variant of the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) to simulate free surface hydraulic flows (i.e. dam break…

Darcy mixed convection in a fluid saturated square porous enclosure under multiple suction effect

S.V.S.S.N.V.G. Krishna Murthy, B.V. Rathish Kumar

It is well known that the mixed convection process is the combined effect of the presence of both the forced and the free convection processes. In several applications such as…

Numerical investigation of air forced convection in channels with differently shaped transverse ribs

Oronzio Manca, Sergio Nardini, Daniele Ricci

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the flow and the heat transfer characteristics of a two‐dimensional rib‐roughned rectangular duct with the two principal walls…

Improved angular discretization and error analysis of the lattice Boltzmann method for solving radiative heat transfer in a participating medium

Antonio Fabio Di Rienzo, Pietro Asinari, Romano Borchiellini, Sunhash C. Mishra

The purpose of this paper is to present and validate some improvements to the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) for solving radiative heat transfer in a participating medium…