International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow: Volume 30 Issue 2

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Numerical study of obstacle geometry effect on the vortex shedding suppression and aerodynamic characteristics

Salwa Fezai, Nader Ben-Cheikh, Brahim Ben-Beya, Taieb Lili

Two-dimensional incompressible fluid flows around a rectangular shape placed over a larger rectangular shape at low Reynolds numbers (Re) have been numerically analyzed in the…

Parallel two-step finite element algorithm based on fully overlapping domain decomposition for the time-dependent natural convection problem

Yuan Ping, Haiyan Su, Jianping Zhao, Xinlong Feng

This paper aims to propose two parallel two-step finite element algorithms based on fully overlapping domain decomposition for solving the 2D/3D time-dependent natural convection…

A positivity-preserving nonlinear finite volume scheme for radionuclide transport calculations in geological radioactive waste repository

Gang Peng, Zhiming Gao, Wenjing Yan, Xinlong Feng

This paper aims to consider numerical simulation for radionuclide transport calculations in geological radioactive waste repository.

Gravitational effects on electroosmotic flow in micro heat pipes

Fun Liang Chang, Yew Mun Hung

This paper aims to investigate the coupled effects of electrohydrodynamic and gravity forces on the circulation effectiveness of working fluid in an inclined micro heat pipe…

Impact of heat generation/absorption on the unsteady magnetohydrodynamic stagnation point flow and heat transfer of nanofluids

Rahimah Jusoh, Roslinda Nazar, Ioan Pop

The purpose of this study is to describe the unsteady three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic stagnation point flow of nanofluids with heat generation/absorption.

A finite element solver for hypersonic flows in thermo-chemical non-equilibrium, Part II

Song Gao, Jory Seguin, Wagdi G. Habashi, Dario Isola, Guido Baruzzi

This work aims to describe the physical and numerical modeling of a CFD solver for hypersonic flows in thermo-chemical non-equilibrium. This paper is the second of a two-part…

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Numerical simulation of droplet dynamics on chemically heterogeneous surfaces by lattice Boltzmann method

Xin Wang, Bo Xu, Z. Chen

This paper aims to investigate spontaneous movement of single droplet on chemically heterogeneous surfaces induced by the net surface tension, using the improved three-dimensional…

Characteristic stabilized finite element method for non-stationary conduction-convection problems

Yongshuai Wang, Md. Abdullah Al Mahbub, Haibiao Zheng

This paper aims to propose a characteristic stabilized finite element method for non-stationary conduction-convection problems.

Investigation of magneto-hydrodynamic fluid squeezed between two parallel disks by considering Joule heating, thermal radiation, and adding different nanoparticles

A.S. Dogonchi, Muhammad Waqas, S.R. Afshar, Seyyed Masoud Seyyedi, M. Hashemi-Tilehnoee, Ali J. Chamkha, D.D. Ganji

This paper aims to study the impacts of viscous dissipation, thermal radiation and Joule heating on squeezing flow current and the heat transfer mechanism for a…

Effects of magnetic field on the liquid gallium thermosyphon fluid flow; a numerical study

Hamid Teimouri, Amin Behzadmehr

This paper aims to numerically study the laminar natural convection in a thermosyphon filled with liquid gallium exposed to a constant magnetic field. The left wall of the…

Comments on “heat transfer in a square porous cavity in presence of square solid block”

D.A.S. Rees

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the need to attend correctly to the accuracy and the manner in which the value of the streamfunction is determined when two or more…

Enhanced heat transfer in a labyrinth channels with ribs of different shape

Wei Du, Lei Luo, Songtao Wang, Jian Liu, Bengt Ake Sunden

The purpose of this study is to enhance the thermal performance in the labyrinth channel by different ribs shape. The labyrinth channel is a relatively new cooling structure to…

Accurate LBM appraising of pin-fins heat dissipation performance and entropy generation in enclosures as application to power electronic cooling

Ridha Djebali, Abdallah Jaouabi, Taoufik Naffouti, Said Abboudi

The purpose of this paper is to carry out an in-depth analysis of heat dissipation performance by natural convection phenomenon inside light-emitting diode (LED) lamps containing…

Transport phenomena in MHD mixed convective nanofluid flow

Prabhugouda Mallanagouda Patil, Shashikant A., Ebrahim Momoniat

This study aims to investigate the unsteady magnetohydrodynamic mixed convective nanofluid flow by using Buongiorno two-phase model to achieve an appropriate mechanism to improve…

Numerical investigations of unsteady passing wake effects on turbine blade tip aerothermal performance with different tip clearances

Bo Zhang, Xiaoqing Qiang, Shaopeng Lu, Jinfang Teng

The purpose of this paper is to numerically investigate the effect of guide vane unsteady passing wake on the rotor blade tip aerothermal performance with different tip clearances.

A sensitivity study of relaxation parameter in Uzawa algorithm for the steady natural convection model

Xianzhu Li, Pengzhan Huang

This paper aims to study the sensitivity of relaxation parameter in Uzawa method for the steady natural convection model.

A hybrid investigation on numerical and analytical solutions of electro-magnetohydrodynamics flow of nanofluid through porous media with entropy generation

R. Ellahi, Sadiq M. Sait, N. Shehzad, Z. Ayaz

The purpose of this paper is to present the investigation of the pressure-driven flow of aluminum oxide-water based nanofluid with the combined effect of entropy generation and…

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A coupled LES-Monte Carlo method for simulating aerosol dynamics in a turbulent planar jet

Hongmei Liu, Tat Leung Chan

The purpose of this paper is to study the evolution and growth of aerosol particles in a turbulent planar jet by using the newly developed large eddy simulation…

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Incompressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics for MHD double-diffusive natural convection of a nanofluid in a cavity containing an oscillating pipe

Abdelraheem M. Aly

This paper aims to adopt incompressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics (ISPH) method to simulate MHD double-diffusive natural convection in a cavity containing an oscillating…

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Modeling of macrosegregation benchmarks using a stabilized finite element algorithm based on a semi-implicit pressure correction scheme

Kangxin Chen, Houfa Shen

The purpose of this paper is to simulate two macrosegregation benchmarks with a newly developed stabilized finite element algorithm based on a semi-implicit pressure correction…

Multiple-relaxation-time lattice Boltzmann model for simulation of free convection in axisymmetric nanofluid-filled annulus-experimental and numerical observations

Heng Sun, David Ross

The MRT lattice Boltzmann simulation of natural convection in a confined environment is carried out. The flow and heat transfer during natural convection in a symmetrical annulus…

The impact of heterogeneous anisotropy of porous media on density-driven convection

Qian Li, Weihua Cai, Xiaojing Tang, Yicheng Chen, Bingxi Li, Ching-Yao Chen

The aim of this study is to numerically simulate the density-driven convection in heterogeneous porous media associated with anisotropic permeability field, which is important to…

Numerical analysis of free convection and entropy generation in a cavity using compact finite-difference lattice Boltzmann method

HamidReza KhakRah, Payam Hooshmand, David Ross, Meysam Jamshidian

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the compact finite-difference lattice Boltzmann method is used to simulate the free convection within a cavity.

Painlevé analysis for three integrable shallow water waves equations with time-dependent coefficients

Abdul-Majid Wazwaz

The purpose of this paper is concerned with investigating three integrable shallow water waves equations with time-dependent coefficients. The author obtains multiple soliton…

Identification of temperature-dependent boundary conditions using MOR

Tobias Frank, Steffen Wieting, Mark Wielitzka, Steffen Bosselmann, Tobias Ortmaier

A mathematical description of temperature-dependent boundary conditions is crucial in manifold model-based control or prototyping applications, where accurate thermal simulation…

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ISSN:

0961-5539

Online date, start – end:

1991

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Roland Lewis