International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow: Volume 32 Issue 9

Introduction of a novel electric field-based plate heat sink for heat transfer enhancement of thermal systems

Nader Nourdanesh, Faramarz Ranjbar

The purpose of this study is to use an electric field technique to design novel heat sinks capable of rejecting as much heat as possible in a limited space. Configuration of…

Analysis of turbulent wall jet impingement onto a moving heated body

Hakan Coşanay, Hakan F. Öztop, Muhammed Gür, Eda Bakır

The purpose of this study is to make a numerical analysis of a wall jet with a moving wall attached with a heated body. The hot body is cooled via impinging wall jet. Thus, a jet…

Predicting the airborne microbial transmission via human breath particles using a gated recurrent units neural network

Hamid Reza Tamaddon Jahromi, Igor Sazonov, Jason Jones, Alberto Coccarelli, Samuel Rolland, Neeraj Kavan Chakshu, Hywel Thomas, Perumal Nithiarasu

The purpose of this paper is to devise a tool based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and machine learning (ML), for the assessment of potential airborne microbial…

How do artificial bacteria behave in magnetized nanofluid with variable thermal conductivity: application of tumor reduction and cancer cells destruction

Nasser S. Elgazery, Asmaa F. Elelamy, Elena Bobescu, R. Ellahi

The study aims to determine an efficiency of external magnetic field on the bacteria surrounded by thousands of magnetic magnetite nanoparticles. The interstitial nanoliquid in…

Heat transfer enhancement compared to entropy generation by imposing magnetic field and hybrid nanoparticles in mixed convection of a Bingham plastic fluid in a ventilated enclosure

Subhasree Dutta, Somnath Bhattacharyya, Ioan Pop

The purpose of this study is to analyze the nonhomogeneous model on the mixed convection of Al2O3–Fe3O4 Bingham plastic hybrid nanofluid in a ventilated enclosure subject to an…

Research status of supercritical aviation kerosene and a convection heat transfer considering thermal pyrolysis

Yong Li, Yingchun Zhang, Gongnan Xie, Bengt Ake Sunden

This paper aims to comprehensively clarify the research status of thermal transport of supercritical aviation kerosene, with particular interests in the effect of cracking on heat…

Derivation of lump solutions to a variety of Boussinesq equations with distinct dimensions

Abdul-Majid Wazwaz

This study aims to introduce a variety of integrable Boussinesq equations with distinct dimensions.

Research on the characteristics of fluid flow and heat transfer of Al2O3-water nanofluid in an L-shaped chaotic channel

Dan Wang, Yabing Wei, Kang Pan, Jiagang Li, Miaoxin Jiao

This paper aims to investigate the effects of different volume fractions of Al₂O₃-water nanofluid on flow and heat transfer under chaotic convection conditions in an L-shaped…

Numerical and experimental investigation of a solar absorber extension tube with turbulators for upgrading the performance of a solar dryer

Ataollah Khanlari, Faraz Afshari, Adnan Sözen, Azim Doğuş Tuncer, Barış Kusun

During the past several years, research and studies in the field of solar energy have been continuously increased. One of the substantial applications of solar energy is related…

Numerical analysis of heat transfer characteristics in a pin fin-dimpled channel with different pin fins and dimple locations

Han Yan, Lei Luo, Junfeng Zhang, Wei Du, Dan Huang, Songtao Wang

This paper aims to investigate the influences of dimple location on the heat transfer performance of a pin fin-dimpled channel with upright/curved/inclined pin fins under…