International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow: Volume 30 Issue 7

Hybrid nanofluid flow and heat transfer over a permeable biaxial stretching/shrinking sheet

Iskandar Waini, Anuar Ishak, Ioan Pop

The purpose of this paper is to examine the axisymmetric flow and heat transfer of a hybrid nanofluid over a permeable biaxial stretching/shrinking sheet.

Numerical evaluation of separation efficiency in converging T-junction with slug flow

William Pao, Zeeshan Qadir Memon

Excessive liquid carryover in T-junction presents a serious operational issue in offshore production platform. Slug flow and diameter ratio of T-junction are considered as two…

Numerical heat flow visualization analysis on enhanced thermal processing for various shapes of containers during thermal convection

Leo Lukose, Tanmay Basak

The purpose of this paper is to study thermal (natural) convection in nine different containers involving the same area (area= 1 sq. unit) and identical heat input at the bottom…

Numerical investigation of passive cavitation control using a slot on a three-dimensional hydrofoil

Cheng Liu, Qingdong Yan, Houston G. Wood

The purpose of this paper is to study the mechanism and suppression of instabilities induced by cavitating flow around a three-dimensional hydrofoil with a particular focus on…

ISPH method for MHD double-diffusive natural convection of a nanofluid within cavity containing open pipes

Zehba A.S. Raizah, Abdelraheem M. Aly

This paper aims to adopt incompressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics (ISPH) method for studying magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) double-diffusive natural convection from an inner open…

Lattice Boltzmann simulation for natural convection of supercritical CO2 in an inclined square cavity

Shihua Lu, Jianqi Zhu, Dongyan Gao, Weiwei Chen, Xinjun Li

This study aims to show the importance of natural convection of supercritical fluid in an inclined cavity. The heat transfer performance of natural convection can be improved.

A three-dimensional one-layer particle level set method

LanHao Zhao, Kailong Mu, Jia Mao, Khuc Hongvan, Dawei Peng

Moving interface problems exist commonly in nature and industry, and the main difficulty is to represent the interface. The purpose of this paper is to capture the accurate…

Scrutinization of different shaped nanoparticle of molybdenum disulfide suspended nanofluid flow over a radial porous fin

Sowmya G., Gireesha B.J., Prasannakumara B.C.

The purpose of this paper is to study the thermal behaviour of radial porous fin wetted with nanofluid containing different shaped nanoparticles in the presence of natural…

On the effects of straight extremities on low-density lipoprotein transport in the concentration boundary layer of curved arteries

Hossein Tamim, Abbas Abbassi, Nasser Fatouraee

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the influence of curvature on the transport of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) through a curved artery and concentration boundary layer…

Numerical investigation of thermal pulsating alumina/water nanofluid flow over three different cross-sectional channel

S. Hoseinzadeh, S.M. Taheri Otaghsara, M.H. Zakeri Khatir, P.S. Heyns

The purpose of this study is to investigate the pulsating flow in a three-dimensional channel. Channel flow is laminar and turbulent. After validation, the effect of different…

Mixed convection and stability analysis of stagnation-point boundary layer flow and heat transfer of hybrid nanofluids over a vertical plate

Mohammad Ghalambaz, Natalia C. Roşca, Alin V. Roşca, Ioan Pop

This study aims to study the mixed convection flow and heat transfer of Al₂O₃-Cu/water hybrid nanofluid over a vertical plate. Governing equations for conservation of mass…

Friction factor calculation for turbulent flow in annulus with temperature effects

Mehmet Sorgun, Erman Ulker

The purpose of this paper is to present a new friction factor equation for practical use, including fluid temperature, pipe diameter ratio and inner pipe rotation effects.

Melting heat transfer of a non-Newtonian phase change material in a cylindrical vertical-cavity partially filled porous media

Mohammad Ghalambaz, Kasra Ayoubi Ayoubloo, Ahmad Hajjar

This paper aims to investigate melting heat transfer of a non-Newtonian phase change material (PCM) in a cylindrical enclosure-space between two tubes using a deformed mesh method.

Comparative study of conjugate heat transfer in a single-phase flow in wavy and raccoon microchannels

Nishant Tiwari, Manoj Kumar Moharana

This paper aims to emphasize on studying various geometrical modification performed in wavy and raccoon microchannel by manipulating parameters, i.e. waviness (γ), expansion…

Heat transfer enhancement using second mode self-oscillating structures

Samer Ali, Zein Alabidin Shami, Ali Badran, Charbel Habchi

In this paper, self-sustained second mode oscillations of flexible vortex generator (FVG) are produced to enhance the heat transfer in two-dimensional laminar flow regime. The…