International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow: Volume 27 Issue 10

MHD heat transfer and entropy generation in inclined trapezoidal cavity filled with nanofluid: Numerical investigation and sensitivity analysis

Kamel Milani Shirvan, Soroush Mirzakhanlari, Hakan F. Öztop, Mojtaba Mamourian, Khaled Al-Salem

The main purpose of this paper is to define 2D numerical study and a sensitivity analysis of natural convection heat transfer and entropy generation of Al₂O₃-water nanofluid in a…

A short remark on Kalaawy’s variational principle for plasma

Ya Li, Chun-Hui He

This paper aims to show how to establish a variational formulation directly from the governing equations. A modified Burger equation arising in dusty plasma is used as an example…

Rotating flow of Oldroyd-B fluid over stretchable surface with Cattaneo – Christov heat flux: Analytic solutions

M. Mustafa, T. Hayat, A. Alsaedi

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the heat transfer effects on the stretched flow of Oldroyd-B fluid in a rotating frame. Cattaneo–Christov heat conduction model is…

Two wave mode higher-order modified KdV equations: Essential conditions for multiple soliton solutions to exist

Abdul-Majid Wazwaz

The purpose of this paper is concerned with developing two-mode higher-order modified Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equations. The study shows that multiple soliton solutions exist for…

Counter-extrapolation method for conjugate heat and mass transfer with interfacial discontinuity

Zimeng Wang, Fabrice Colin, Guigao Le, Junfeng Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to develop a counter-extrapolation approach for computational heat and mass transfer with the interfacial discontinuity considered at conjugate…

Algebraic solutions of flow and heat for some nanofluids over deformable and permeable surfaces

Mustafa Turkyilmazoglu

This paper aims to working out exact solutions for the boundary layer flow of some nanofluids over porous stretching/shrinking surfaces with different configurations. To serve to…

Numerical study on the effect of EHD flow on mass transfer of gas mixtures

Qiang Ma, Zhenqian Chen

The paper aims to discuss the mass transfer of gas mixtures under the influence of electrohydrodynamic (EHD) flow induced by direct current (DC) corona discharge of wire-to-plane…

Convergence analysis of the nonlinear iterative method for two-phase flow in porous media associated with nanoparticle injection

Mohamed El-Amin, Jisheng Kou, Shuyu Sun

This paper aims to introduce modeling, numerical simulation and convergence analysis of the problem of nanoparticles’ transport carried by a two-phase flow in a porous medium. The…

Free convection in a square cavity filled with a Casson fluid under the effects of thermal radiation and viscous dissipation

Ioan Pop, Mikhail Sheremet

The main purpose of this numerical work is to study free convection of Casson fluid in a square differentially heated cavity taking into account the effects of thermal radiation…

Analytical and numerical study on convection of nanofluid past a moving wedge with Soret and Dufour effects

Ruhaila Md Kasmani, S. Sivasankaran, M. Bhuvaneswari, Ahmed Kadhim Hussein

The purpose of this study is to investigate the Soret and Dufour effects on the double-diffusive convective boundary layer flow of a nanofluid past a moving wedge in the presence…

Effect of rounded corners on two degree of freedom naturally oscillating square cylinder

Sajjad Miran, Chang Hyun Sohn

The paper aims to study the influence of rounded corners on the flow-induced oscillation of a square cylinder that is free to oscillate in two degrees of freedom.

Natural convective heat transfer in the air-filled interstice between inclined concentric hemispheres: Application to thermoregulation in electronics

Nacim Alilat

The main purpose of this work is to quantify the convective heat transfer occurring between two inclined and concentric hemispheres.

Numerical study of surface radiation and combined natural convection heat transfer in a solar cavity receiver

Kamel Milani Shirvan, Mojtaba Mamourian, Soroush Mirzakhanlari, A.B. Rahimi, R. Ellahi

The purpose of this paper is to present the numerical solutions of surface radiation and combined natural convection heat transfer in a solar cavity receiver. The paper aims to…