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

Determination of the boundary temperature errors by variation of two temperature sensor locations in a one‐dimensional inverse heat conduction problem

Tzu‐Fang Chen, Sui Lin, Joseph C.Y. Wang

Investigates errors of the reconstruction temperatures at boundaries caused by variation of the locations of two temperature sensors in a one‐dimensional inverse heat conduction…

Numerical precision and dissipation errors in rotating flows

P.G. Tucker

Presents three non‐isothermal, time dependent, three dimensional examples having cylindrical geometries to show the significant effort of numerical precision and dissipation on…

A generalized Douglas ADI method for solving three‐dimensional parabolic differential equations on multilayers

W. Dai, R. Nassar

Develops a generalized Douglas ADI method for solving three‐dimensional parabolic differential equations based on the idea of the regularized difference scheme. The method is…

On the reduction of computational costs in eigenfunction expansions of multidimensional diffusion problems

E.J. Corrêa, R.M. Cotta, H.R.B. Orlande

Analytical or hybrid numerical‐analytical solutions of multidimensional diffusion problems involve the evaluation of nested multiple infinite summations, which require the…

Inverse analysis for estimating the timewise and spacewise variation of the wall heat flux in a parallel plate channel

H.A. Machado, H.R.B. Orlande

Solves the inverse problem of estimating the wall heat flux in a parallel plate channel, by using the conjugate gradient method with adjoint equation. The unknown heat flux is…

Simulation of non‐linearheat conduction by means of thermodynamics‐based algorithm

A. Berezovski

Describes an extension of cellular automata to simulate heat conduction process. The offered algorithms is rather the tool for the direct simulation of a process than for the…

Analytical and numerical results on the attenuation and dispersion of an acoustic wave through a two‐phase flow

T. Basset, E. Daniel, J.C. Loraud

Presents validation of the Eulerian approach for unsteady two‐phase flows, whose behaviour depends on the coupling between the two phases, on the basis of the study of…

Finite element analysis of a bubble absorber

K.S. Sujatha, A. Mani, S. Srinivasa Murthy

Develops a fine element method employing Galerkin’s approach for the analysis of a vertical tubular bubble absorber working with R22‐DMF as working fluid. Aims to provide an…

Finite element simulation of an injection moulding process

D. Ding, P. Townsend, M.F. Webster

Considers the filling stage of an injection moulding process for polymer melts through a transient finite element method. Presents results for a thin‐walled cup‐shaped mould…