International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow: Volume 32 Issue 3

Numerical investigation of double-diffusive mixed convection of Fe3O4/Cu/Al2O3-water nanofluid flow through a backward-facing-step channel subjected to magnetic field

Ratnadeep Nath, Krishnan Murugesan

This study aims to investigate the buoyancy-induced heat and mass transfer phenomena in a backward-facing-step (BFS) channel subjected to applied magnetic field using different…

A stability analysis on a smoking model with stochastic perturbation

Anwar Zeb, Sunil Kumar, Almaz Tesfay, Anil Kumar

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of irregular unsettling on the smoking model in form of the stochastic model as in the deterministic model these effects…

Natural convection with water-copper nanofluid around a finned vertical cylindrical electronic component

A. Baïri, A. Velazquez

The purpose of this study is to quantify the free convective heat transfer around a vertical cylindrical electronic component equipped with vertical fins representing an antenna…

Numerical simulation of Chun-Hui He’s iteration method with applications in engineering

Waseem Asghar Khan

This study aims to introduce a modern higher efficiency predictor–corrector iterative algorithm.

A rotating superellipse inside a hexagonalshaped cavity suspended by nano-encapsulated phase change materials based on the ISPH method

Zehba Raizah, Abdelraheem M. Aly

The purpose of this paper is to perform numerical simulations based on the incompressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics (ISPH) method for thermo-diffusion convection in a…

Numerical and experimental analysis of parallel-pass forced convection solar air heating wall with different plenum and absorber configurations

Ataollah Khanlari, Adnan Sözen, Faraz Afshari, Azim Doğuş Tuncer, Ümit Ağbulut, Zeynep Aytaç Yılmaz

Over the recent years, solar energy has received outstanding attention from researchers. Solar energy applications and related large-scale projects are increasing to meet growing…

Thermal performance of optimum exponential fin profiles subjected to a temperature jump

Mustafa Turkyilmazoglu

This paper aims to seek purely analytical results relying on the physical parameters including the temperature jump parameter.

Stagnation point flow toward an exponentially shrinking sheet in a hybrid nanofluid

Iskandar Waini, Ioan Pop, Sakhinah Abu Bakar, Anuar Ishak

This paper aims to investigate the radiation and magnetohydrodynamic effect on the flow toward a stagnation point of an exponentially shrinking sheet in a hybrid nanofluid.

Multi-objective NSGA-II based shape optimisation of the cross-sectional shape of passively cooled heat sinks

Mani Sekaran Santhanakrishnan, Tim Tilford, Chris Bailey

The purpose of the study is to optimise the cross-sectional shape of passively cooled horizontally mounted pin-fin heat sink for higher cooling performance and lower material…

Effects of a magnetic field on double-diffusive convection of a nanofluid in a cavity saturated by wavy layers of porous media: ISPH analysis

Abdelraheem M. Aly, Noura Alsedais, Hakan F. Oztop

The purpose of this study is to use the incompressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics method to examine the influences of a magnetic field on the double-diffusive convection…

Dusty hybrid nanofluid flow over a shrinking sheet with magnetic field effects

Iskandar Waini, Anuar Ishak, Ioan Pop, Roslinda Nazar

This paper aims to examine the Cu-Al2O3/water hybrid nanofluid flow over a shrinking sheet in the presence of the magnetic field and dust particles.

Numerical analysis of magneto-natural convection and thermal radiation of SWCNT nanofluid inside T-inverted shaped corrugated cavity containing porous medium

Mohamed Dhia Massoudi, Mohamed Bechir Ben Hamida, Mohammed A. Almeshaal, Yahya Ali Rothan, Khalil Hajlaoui

The purpose of this paper is to examine numerically the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) free convection and thermal radiation heat transfer of single walled carbon nanotubes-water…

Thermosolutal natural convection in a partly porous cavity with sinusoidal wall heating and cooling

Abdeslam Omara, Mouna Touiker, Abderrahim Bourouis

This paper aims to consider numerical analysis of laminar double-diffusive natural convection inside a non-homogeneous closed medium composed of a saturated porous matrix and a…

MHD convective process due to rotation of cylinders and movement of a wavy wall of two-sided wavy enclosures with radiation

Sameh E. Ahmed, Muflih Alhazmi

This paper aims to study the mixed convective process due to various dynamics, namely, inner rotating cylinders and upper-wavy wall movement for the first time.

Analytical approach for the temperature distribution in the casting-mould heterogeneous system

Kaiyu He, Muhammad Nadeem, Siddra Habib, H.M. Sedighi, Duohui Huang

The main purpose of this paper is to calculate the analytical solution or a closed-form solution for the temperature distribution in the heterogeneous casting-mould system.