International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow: Volume 28 Issue 10

Lattice Boltzmann simulation of free convection in nanofluid filled cavity with partially active walls – entropy generation and heatline visualization

Alireza Rahimi, Abbas Kasaeipoor, Emad Hasani Malekshah, Lioua Kolsi

This paper aims to perform the lattice Boltzmann simulation of natural convection heat transfer in cavities included with active hot and cold walls at the side walls and internal…

Fluid-mechanic interactions between a pipe flow having circumferential pressure variations and a piezometer ring

Abhimanyu Ghosh, Eph Sparrow, John Gorman

This paper aims to investigate and understand the fluid mechanics of piezometer rings, a device frequently encountered in engineering practice.

Numerical treatment of mass continuity in pressure-correction methods for patient specific flow simulations

Anastasios Skiadopoulos, Panagiotis Neofytou, Christos Housiadas

The purpose of this paper is the development of a robust numerical scheme for fluid flow simulations in complex domains with open boundaries.

Influence of partial slip flow and thermal jump on mixed convection from an exponentially stretching surface

Prabhugouda Mallanagouda Patil, Geeta Hadimani, Shashikant A., P.S. Kulkarni, Mukesh Kumar

This paper aims to provide a detailed study on the influence of slip flow and thermal jump over mixed convection flow along an exponentially stretching surface. Also, impacts of…

Modeling MHD swirling flow due to rough rotating disk with non-linear radiation and chemically reactive solute

M. Mustafa, Ammar Mushtaq, T. Hayat, A. Alsaedi

This study aims to deal with the laminar flow owing to rough rotating disk in the existence of vertical magnetic field and partial slip effects. The aim is to resolve heat…

Asymmetric characteristics of the shock bifurcation in the reflected shock/boundary layer interaction

Yang Zhang, Jianfeng Zou, Jiahua Xie, Xiaoyue Li, Zhenhai Ma, Yao Zheng

When a reflected shock interacts with the boundary layer in a shock tube, the shock bifurcation occurs near the walls. Although the study of the shock bifurcation has been carried…

Numerical simulation of wet steam transonic condensation flow in the last stage of a steam turbine

Xu Han, Zhonghe Han, Wei Zeng, Peng Li, Jiangbo Qian

The purpose of this paper is to study the condensation flow of wet steam in the last stage of a steam turbine and to obtain the distribution of condensation parameters such as…

Effects of moving wall on the flow of micropolar fluid inside a right angle triangular cavity

Mubbashar Nazeer, N. Ali, T. Javed

The main purpose of this study is to examine the effects of moving wall on the mixed convection flow and heat transfer in a right-angle triangular cavity filled with a micropolar…

Variable viscosity effects on third-grade liquid flow in post-treatment analysis of wire coating in the presence of nanoparticles

B. Mahanthesh, B.J. Gireesha, M. Archana, Tasawar Hayat, Ahmed Alsaedi

The features of coated wire product are measured by the flow and heat transport occurring in the interior of dies. Therefore, an understanding of characteristics of polymers…

Analysis of freezing process about falling droplet using the lattice Boltzmann method

Xin Zhao, Bo Dong, Weizhong Li

The freezing phenomenon of a falling droplet is a frequently encountered phenomenon in various applications, such as spray crystallization, hail formation and artificial…

A strategy for large-scale scalar advection in large eddy simulations that use the linear eddy sub-grid mixing model

Salman Arshad, Bo Kong, Alan Kerstein, Michael Oevermann

The purpose of this numerical work is to present and test a new approach for large-scale scalar advection (splicing) in large eddy simulations (LES) that use the linear eddy…

A series solution of the boundary value problem arising in the application of fluid mechanics

Yasir Khan

This paper aims to study the two-dimensional steady magneto-hydrodynamic flow of a second-grade fluid in a porous channel using the homotopy perturbation method (HPM).

Influence of external head cooling on the head, core body and blood temperatures using 3D whole-body model

Surendra Balaji Devarakonda, Pallavi Bulusu, Marwan Al-rjoub, Amit Bhattacharya, Rupak Kumar Banerjee

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of external head cooling on alleviating the heat stress in the human body by analyzing the temperatures of the core body (T_c)…