International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow: Volume 28 Issue 4

Effect of work of adhesion on deep bed filtration process

Rafał Przekop, Anna Jackiewicz-Zagórska, Michał Woźniak, Leon Gradoń

The purpose of this work was to study the influence of particles and fiber material properties on the deposition efficiency. Collection of aerosol particles in the particular…

Two-dimensional simulation of fluid flow and forced convection heat transfer from a circular cylinder with control rods

Somayeh Harimi, Azam Marjani, Sadegh Moradi

This paper aims to study the fluid flow and forced convection heat transfer from an isothermal circular cylinder with control rods in the laminar unsteady flow regime.

Numerical solutions for the Robin time-fractional partial differential equations of heat and fluid flows based on the reproducing kernel algorithm

Omar Abu Arqub

The purpose of this study is to introduce the reproducing kernel algorithm for treating classes of time-fractional partial differential equations subject to Robin boundary…

Numerical study of laminar mixed convection flow in a lid-driven square cavity filled with porous media: Darcy-Brinkman-Forchheimer and Darcy-Brinkman models

Najib Hdhiri, Brahim Ben Beya

The purpose of this study is to produce a numerical model capable of predicting the mixed convection flows in a rectangular cavity filled with a porous medium and to analyze the…

Internal heat generation/or absorption phenomena in three-dimensional natural convection flow within enclosure filled with different working fluids

Najib Hdhiri, Brahim Ben Beya

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of heat generation or absorption on heat transfer and fluid flow within two- and three-dimensional enclosure for…

Numerical simulation of flow field in the Invar alloy laser–MIG hybrid welding pool based on different heat source models

Xiaohong Zhan, Qi Zhang, Qibing Wang, Jie Chen, Hongbing Liu, Yanhong Wei

The purpose of this paper is to establish a three-dimensional flow field model of the Invar alloy laser–metal inert gas (laser–MIG) hybrid welding process to investigate the…

Numerical simulation of transient flow field in a mixed-flow pump during starting period

Wei Li, Yang Zhang, Weidong Shi, Leilei Ji, Yongfei Yang, Yuanfeng Ping

This paper aims to study the transient flow characteristics in a mixed-flow pump during the start-up period.

Combined effects of the velocity and the aspect ratios on the bifurcation phenomena in a two-sided lid-driven cavity flow

Faicel Hammami, Nader Ben-Cheikh, Brahim Ben-Beya, Basma Souayeh

This paper aims to analyze the effect of aspect ratio A and aspect velocity ratio a on the bifurcation occurrence phenomena in lid-driven cavity by using finite volume method…

Modeling of coal combustion in the CFB by the EDC model with the global reaction mechanism

Zhizhong Kang, Shixing Ding, Zhi-ang Shuai, Baomin Sun

This paper aims to shows the ability of the EDC model with a global reaction mechanism to describe reactions in the Eulerian simulation of a circulating fluidized bed (CFB).

Study of inception point, void fraction and pressure over pooled stepped spillways using Flow-3D

Khosro Morovati, Afshin Eghbalzadeh

While many stepped spillways geometry design guidelines were developed for flat steps, designing pooled steps might be an appropriate alternative to spillways working more…