Engineering Computations: Volume 29 Issue 6

Analytical method for solving steady MHD convective and slip flow due to a rotating disk with viscous dissipation and Ohmic heating

M.M. Rashidi, E. Erfani

The purpose of this paper is to consider the thermal‐diffusion and diffusion‐thermo effects on combined heat and mass transfer of a steady magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) convective and…

On the use of SEREP for satellite FEM validation

G.S. Aglietti, S.J.I. Walker, A. Kiley

The purpose of this paper is to assess the suitability of various methods for the reduction of a large finite element model (FEM) of satellites to produce models to be used for…

Application of elastic fracture and damage mechanics models for numerical simulation of hydrogen embrittlement in steels

Jorge Palma Carrasco, José Maria Andrade Barbosa, Antonio Almeida Silva, Marcos Antonio da Silva Irmão

The purpose of this paper is to present a numerical simulation of the hydrogen atomic effect on the steels fracture toughness, as well as on crack propagation using fracture…

Field models of high‐temperature superconductor devices for magnetic levitation

E. Costamagna, P. Di Barba, R. Palka

The purpose of this paper is to describe a twofold methodology for evaluating the force between field excitation system and bulk in a magnetic‐levitation device based on…

Comparison of the Lambert W‐function based solutions to the Colebrook equation

Dejan Brkić

The Colebrook equation for determination of hydraulic resistances is implicit in fluid flow friction factor and hence it has to be approximately solved using iterative procedure…