International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow: Volume 32 Issue 10

Thermo-hydraulic and entropy generation investigation of nano-encapsulated phase change material (NEPCM) slurry in hybrid wavy microchannel

Shivam Doshi, Gopal Kashyap, Nishant Tiwari

This study aims to capture the heat transfer and entropy generation characteristics of temperature-dependent nano-encapsulated phase change material (NEPCM) slurry in a hybrid…

Analysis of heat and mass transport characteristics in microchannel reactors with non-uniform catalyst distributions for hydrogen production

Shian Li, Zhi Yang, Yihui Liu, Qiuwan Shen, Guogang Yang, Bengt Ake Sunden

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the heat and mass transport characteristics in microchannel reactors with non-uniform catalyst distributions.

Prediction of unsteady, internal turbulent cavitating flow using dynamic cavitation model

P.K. Ullas, Dhiman Chatterjee, S. Vengadesan

Understanding the interaction of turbulence and cavitation is an essential step towards better controlling the cavitation phenomenon. The purpose of this paper is to bring out the…

MHD flow of a nanofluid due to a nonlinear stretching/shrinking sheet with a convective boundary condition: Tiwari–Das nanofluid model

Umair Khan, Aurang Zaib, Ioan Pop, Iskandar Waini, Anuar Ishak

Nanofluid research has piqued the interest of scientists due to its intriguing applications in nanoscience, biomedical and electrical engineering, medication delivery…

Thermophoresis particle deposition of CoFe2O4-TiO2 hybrid nanoparticles on micropolar flow through a moving flat plate with viscous dissipation effects

Iskandar Waini, Umair Khan, Aurang Zaib, Anuar Ishak, Ioan Pop

This study aims to investigate the micropolar fluid flow through a moving flat plate containing CoFe₂O₄-TiO₂ hybrid nanoparticles with the substantial influence of thermophoresis…

Numerical analysis for thermal management of data center with phase change material

Hakan F. Oztop, Rıdvan Özgül, Fatih Selimefendigil

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the performance of a data center and thermal management by using phase change material (PCM). Numerical studies were conducted for two…

On the application of the GS4-1 framework for fluid dynamics and adaptive time-stepping via a universal A-posteriori error estimator

Yazhou Wang, Ningning Xie, Likun Yin, Tong Zhang, Xuelin Zhang, Shengwei Mei, Xiaodai Xue, Kumar Tamma

The purpose of this paper is to describe a novel universal error estimator and the adaptive time-stepping process in the generalized single-step single-solve (GS4-1) computational…

Simulation of heat and fluid flow in porous medium and fractures by material point method

Guilin Wang, Fan Sun, Runqiu Wang, Liang Zhang, Tianci Cao, Boyi Li

The material point method (MPM)is a particle-based numerical method suitable for solid–liquid simulation and large deformation problems. However, MPM is generally used in solid…

Capturing the flame structure and the transition process of the fire whirl using two combustion kinetic considerations

Xiang Fang, Anthony Chun Yin Yuen, Eric Wai Ming Lee, Jiyuan Tu, Sherman Cheung

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the development process of the fire whirl in the fixed-frame facility and focus on the impacts of the fire whirl’s vortex core on the…

Hybrid nanoliquid flow through a microchannel with particle shape factor, slip and convective regime

S. Sindhu, Gireesha B.J., G. Sowmya, Oluwole Daniel Makinde

This study aims to portray the systematic study of hybrid nanofluid with particle shape effect on significant heat transfer enhancement. The steady flow of hybrid nanoliquid in a…