International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow: Volume 12 Issue 1

Numerical simulation of forced convection flow past a parabolic cylinder embedded in porous media

O.M. Haddad, M.A. Al‐Nimr, M.A. Abu‐Ayyad

Numerical solutions are presented for steady two‐dimensional symmetric flow past a parabolic cylinder embedded in porous media. For this study, the full Navier–Stokes equations…

An investigation of the influence of two‐stage drying conditions on convective drying of porous materials

K. Murugesan, H.R. Thomas, P.J. Cleall

A numerical study is carried out to investigate the influence of multistage drying regimes on the drying kinematics of a porous material. In particular the effects of varying the…

Optimal control of radiating panels via sequential quadratic programming

Igor Patlashenko, Dan Givoli

The optimal control of the steady‐state temperature distribution in radiating panels using control heat sources is considered. The problem has important applications in the…

Determination of ϵ at inlet boundaries

Bart Merci, Erik Dick, Jan Vierendeels, Chris De Langhe

Different methods for the determination of accurate values for the dissipation rate ϵ at the inlet boundary of a computational domain, are studied. With DNS data for a fully…

Finite element solution of conjugate heat transfer problems with and without the use of gap elements

W. Song, B.Q. Li

This paper describes the finite element solution of conjugate heat transfer problems with and without the use of gap elements. Direct and iterative methods to incorporate gap…