International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow: Volume 27 Issue 6

A semi-Lagrangian Vortex-In-Cell method and its application to high-Re lid-driven cavity flow

Chao Wang, Jinju Sun, Yan Ba

The purpose of this paper is to develop a Vortex-In-Cell (VIC) method with the semi-Lagrangian scheme and apply it to the high-Re lid-driven cavity flow.

Magneto-nanofluid flow with heat transfer past a stretching surface for the new heat flux model using numerical approach

Noreen Sher Akbar, O. Anwar Beg, Z.H. Khan

Sheet processing of magnetic nanomaterials is emerging as a new branch of smart materials’ manufacturing. The efficient production of such materials combines many physical…

MHD-mixed convection flow in a lid-driven trapezoidal cavity under uniformly/non-uniformly heated bottom wall

T. Javed, Z. Mehmood, Ioan Pop

The purpose of this paper is to analyze numerical results for heat transfer through mixed convection in an incompressible steady lid-driven fluid flow inside a trapezoidal cavity…

A cell-based smoothed point interpolation method (CS-PIM) for 2D thermoelastic problems

Yijun Liu, Guiyong Zhang, Huan Lu, Zhi Zong

Due to the strong reliance on element quality, there exist some inherent shortcomings of the traditional finite element method (FEM). The model of FEM behaves overly stiff, and…

Unsteady general solution for MHD natural convection flow with radiative effects, heat source and shear stress on the boundary

Constantin Fetecau, Shahraz Akhtar, Ioan Pop, Corina Fetecau

The purpose of this note is to provide general solutions for radiative magnetohydrodynamic natural convection flow.

Unsteady double-diffusive buoyancy-induced flow in a triangular solar collector shape enclosure with corrugated bottom wall: Effects of buoyancy ratio

M.M. Rahman, Sourav Saha, Satyajit Mojumder, Khan Md. Rabbi, Hasnah Hasan, Talaat A. Ibrahim

The purpose of this investigation is to determine the nature of the flow field, temperature distribution and heat and mass transfer in a triangular solar collector enclosure with…

Surface temperature of electronic assemblies equipped with tilted and low-powered QFN64 subjected to free convection

Abderrahmane Baïri, Clara Ortega Hermoso, David San Martén Ortega, Iken Baïri, Zsolt Peter

This work deals with the case of the quad flat non-lead 64 (QFN64) electronic package generating a low power range ranging from 0.01 to 0.1W. It is installed on one side of a…

Bubble characterizations on hydrophobic surface using lattice Boltzmann simulation with large density ratios

Peng Du, Haibao Hu, Feng Ren, Dong Song

The maintenance of the air–water interface is crucial for the drag reduction on hydrophobic surfaces. But the air bubbles become unstable and even washed away under high speed…

Numerical and experimental study of free convection on wire-bonded QFN64b electronic package

Abderrahmane Baïri, Nacim Alilat, Ali Hocine, Abderrezak Hamouda, Oriana Haddad

The wire-bonded version of the quad flat non-lead with 64 leads (QFN64b) is increasingly integrated in modern arrangements, given its thermal and electrical characteristics suited…

Haar wavelet quasilinearization approach for MHD Falkner–Skan flow over permeable wall via Lie group method

Ram Jiwari, Vikas Kumar, Ram Karan, Ali Saleh Alshomrani

This paper aims to deal with two-dimensional magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) Falkner–Skan boundary layer flow of an incompressible viscous electrically conducting fluid over a…

Numerical simulation of a hypersonic flow past a blunt body

Yumeng Hu, Haiming Huang, Zimao Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to explore the characteristics of hypersonic flow past a blunt body.

Effect of spatial side-wall temperature variation on transient natural convection of a nanofluid in a trapezoidal cavity

Ammar I. Alsabery, Ishak Hashim, Ali J. Chamkha, Habibis Saleh, Bilal Chanane

This paper aims to study analytically and numerically the problem of transient natural convection heat transfer in a trapezoidal cavity with spatial side-wall temperature…