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Publication date: 4 May 2012

H. Bararnia, Z.Z. Ganji, D.D. Ganji and S.M. Moghimi

The main purpose of the work is to demonstrate the eligibility of the methods applied and to have the more reliable and user friendly approaches to find the solution of the…

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Purpose

The main purpose of the work is to demonstrate the eligibility of the methods applied and to have the more reliable and user friendly approaches to find the solution of the applicable governing equations such as of the MHD flow.

Design/methodology/approach

The numerical and semi analytical methods have been applied to solve the governing equations. The reliability of the methods is also approved by a comparison made between the results obtained and the results of the former studies performed using the other numerical approach.

Findings

The reliability of the methods are approved, so that the method could be used to discuss more in depth arguments on the different profiles of the solution.

Originality/value

It could be considered as a first endeavor to use the solution of the MHD Jeffery Hamel flow using this kind of numerical method along with the semi analytical approach.

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International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, vol. 22 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0961-5539

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Publication date: 29 March 2013

M. Sheikholeslami, H.R. Ashorynejad, A. Barari and Soheil Soleimani

The purpose of this paper is to analyze hydromagnetic flow between two horizontal plates in a rotating system. The bottom plate is a stretching sheet and the top one is a solid…

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The purpose of this paper is to analyze hydromagnetic flow between two horizontal plates in a rotating system. The bottom plate is a stretching sheet and the top one is a solid porous plate. Heat transfer in an electrically conducting fluid bounded by two parallel plates is also studied in the presence of viscous dissipation.

Design/methodology/approach

Differential Transformation Method (DTM) is used to obtain a complete analytic solution for the velocity and temperature fields and the effects of different governing parameters on these fields are discussed through the graphs.

Findings

The obtained results showed that by adding a magnetic field to this system, transverse velocity component reduces between the two plates. Also as the Prandtl number increases, in presence of viscous dissipation, the temperature between the two plates enhances while an opposite behavior is observed when the viscous dissipation is negligible.

Originality/value

The equations of conservation of mass, momentum and energy are reduced to a non‐linear ordinary differential equations system. Differential Transformation Method is utilized to approximate the solution for velocity and temperature profiles.

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Engineering Computations, vol. 30 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-4401

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Publication date: 18 May 2020

Yuan Ma, Mohammad Mehdi Rashidi, Rasul Mohebbi and Zhigang Yang

The nanofluid natural convection heat transfer in a hollow complex enclosure, which is named as Shamse knot shape, is studied numerically. This paper aims to present how the…

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Purpose

The nanofluid natural convection heat transfer in a hollow complex enclosure, which is named as Shamse knot shape, is studied numerically. This paper aims to present how the Rayleigh number, nanoparticle volume fraction, Hartmann number and hollow side length affect the fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics.

Design/methodology/approach

The continuity, momentum and energy equations have been solved using lattice Boltzmann method (LBM). Numerical simulation has been obtained for a wide range of Rayleigh number (103 ≤ Ra ≤ 106), nanoparticle volume fraction (0 ≤ ϕ 0.05) and Hartmann number (0 ≤ Ha ≤ 60) to analyze the fluid flow pattern and heat transfer characteristics. Moreover, the effect of hollow side length (D) on flow field and thermal performance is studied.

Findings

The results showed that the magnetic field has a negative effect on the thermal performance and the average Nusselt number decreases by increasing the Hartmann number. Because of the high conduction heat transfer coefficient of nanoparticles, the average Nusselt number increases by rising the nanoparticle volume fraction. The effect of adding nanoparticles on heat transfer is more effective at low nanoparticle volume fraction (0 ≤ ϕ ≤ 0.01). It was also found that at Ra = 106, when the hollow side length increases to 3, the flow pattern becomes different due to the small gap. The averaged Nu is an increasing function of D at low Ra and an opposite trend occurs at high Rayleigh number.

Originality/value

For the first time, the effects of magnetic field, Rayleigh number, nanoparticle volume fraction and hollow side length on natural convection heat transfer of hybrid nanofluid (Ag-TiO2/water) is investigated in a complicated cavity.

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International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, vol. 31 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0961-5539

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Publication date: 13 December 2024

Ashvani Kumar, Anjali Bhardwaj and Dharmendra Tripathi

Surface properties (smooth or roughness) play a critical role in controlling the wettability, surface area and other physical and chemical properties like fluid flow behaviour…

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Surface properties (smooth or roughness) play a critical role in controlling the wettability, surface area and other physical and chemical properties like fluid flow behaviour over the rough and smooth surfaces. It is reported that rough surfaces are offering more significant insights as compared to smooth surfaces. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of surface roughness in the diverging channel on physiological fluid flows.

Design/methodology/approach

A mathematical formulation based on the conservation of mass and momentum equations is developed to derive exact solutions for the physical quantities under the assumption of low Reynolds numbers and long wavelengths, which are appropriate for biological transport scenarios.

Findings

The results reveal that an increase in surface roughness reduces axial velocity and volumetric flow rate while increasing pressure distribution and turbulence in skin friction.

Research limitations/implications

These findings offer valuable insights for biological flow analysis, highlighting the effects of surface roughness, non-uniformity of the channel and magnetic fields.

Practical implications

These findings are very much applicable for designing the pumping devices for transportation of the fluids in non-uniform channels.

Originality/value

This study examines the impact of surface roughness on the peristaltic pumping of viscoelastic (Jeffrey) fluids in diverging channels with transverse magnetic fields.

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International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, vol. ahead-of-print no. ahead-of-print
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0961-5539

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Publication date: 20 September 2018

Mehdi Hosseini Abadshapoori and Mohammad Hassan Saidi

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the natural convection behavior of nanofluids in an enclosure. The enclosure is a 3D capsule with curved boundaries filled with TiO2

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the natural convection behavior of nanofluids in an enclosure. The enclosure is a 3D capsule with curved boundaries filled with TiO2-water nanofluid.

Design/methodology/approach

In this paper, a multiple relaxation times lattice Boltzmann method (MRT-LBM) has been used. Two-component LBM has been conducted to consider the interaction forces between nanoparticles and the base fluid.

Findings

Results show that the enhanced Nusselt number (Nu*) increases with the increase in volume fraction of nanoparticles (ϕ) and Ra number and decrease of nanoparticle size (λ). Additionally, the findings indicate that increasing volume fraction beyond a certain value decreases Nu*.

Originality/value

This paper presents a MRT model of lattice Boltzmann in a 3D curved enclosure. A correlation is also presented based on the current results for Nu* depending on Ra number, volume fraction and size of nanoparticles. Furthermore, a comparison for the convergence rate and accuracy of this model and the SIMPLE algorithm is presented.

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International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, vol. 28 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0961-5539

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Publication date: 8 June 2021

Abdelraheem M. Aly and Zehba Raizah

The purpose of this study is to apply an incompressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics (ISPH) method to simulate the Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) free convection flow of a nanofluid…

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The purpose of this study is to apply an incompressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics (ISPH) method to simulate the Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) free convection flow of a nanofluid in a porous cavity containing rotating hexagonal and two circular cylinders under the impacts of Soret and Dufour numbers.

Design/methodology/approach

The inner shapes are rotating around a cavity center by a uniform circular motion at angular rate ω. An inner hexagonal shape has higher temperature Th and concentration Ch than the inner two circular cylinders in which the temperature is Tc and concentration is Cc. The performed numerical simulations are presented in terms of the streamlines, isotherms and isoconcentration as well as the profiles of average Nusselt and Sherwood numbers.

Findings

The results indicated that the uniform motions of inner shapes are changing the characteristics of the fluid flow, temperature and concentration inside a cavity. An augmentation on a Hartman parameter slows down the flow speed and an inclination angle of a magnetic field raises the flow speed. A rise in the Soret number accompanied by a reduction in the Dufour number lead to a growth in the concentration distribution in a cavity.

Originality/value

ISPH method is used to simulate the double-diffusive convection of novel rotating shapes in a porous cavity. The inner novel shapes are rotating hexagonal and two circular cylinders.

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International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, vol. 32 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0961-5539

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Publication date: 1 January 2013

GholamReza Kefayati, Mofid Gorji, Hasan Sajjadi and Davood Domiri Ganji

Magneto hydrodynamic (MHD) flows in fluids is known to have an important effect on heat transfer and fluid flow in various substances while the quality of the substances and the…

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Magneto hydrodynamic (MHD) flows in fluids is known to have an important effect on heat transfer and fluid flow in various substances while the quality of the substances and the considered shapes can influence the amount of changes. Thus, MHD flows in a different form and widespread alterations in the kind of the material and the power of MHD flow were carried out by lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) in this investigation. The aim of this paper is to identify the ability of LBM for solving MHD flows as the effect of different substances in the presence of the magnetic field changes.

Design/methodology/approach

This method was utilized for solving MHD natural convection in an open cavity while Hartmann number varies from 0 to 150 and Rayleigh number is considered at values of Ra=103, 104 and 105, with the Prandtl number altering in a wide range of Pr=0.025, 0.71 and 6.2. An appropriate validation with previous numerical investigations demonstrated that this attitude is a suitable method for MHD problems.

Findings

Results show the alterations of Prandtl numbers influence the isotherms and the streamlines widely at different Rayleigh and Hartmann numbers simultaneously. Moreover, heat transfer declines with the increment of Hartmann number, while this reduction is marginal for Ra=103 by comparison with other Rayleigh numbers. The effect of the magnetic field on the average Nusselt number at Liquid Gallium (Pr=0.025) is the least among considered materials.

Originality/value

In this method, just the force term at LBM changes in the presence of MHD flow as the added term rises from the classic equations of fluids mechanic. Moreover, all parameters of the added term and the method of their computing are exhibited.

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Engineering Computations, vol. 30 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-4401

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Publication date: 21 April 2022

Yuan Ma, Rasul Mohebbi, Zhigang Yang and Mikhail Sheremet

The purpose of this paper is to analyze numerically the nanofluid natural convection inside a square enclosure with two L-shaped heaters using lattice Boltzmann method.

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The purpose of this paper is to analyze numerically the nanofluid natural convection inside a square enclosure with two L-shaped heaters using lattice Boltzmann method.

Design/methodology/approach

An environmentally friendly nanofluid, clove-treated graphene nanoplatelet (CGNP), is used to study the enhancement of heat transfer. Six various heaters configurations are considered and effects of nanoparticle concentration (0–0.1%) and Rayleigh number (10^3–10^6) on streamlines, isothermal lines and heat transfer parameters are studied. The developed computational code has been validated using mesh sensitivity analysis and numerical data of other authors.

Findings

It is observed that in contrast to distilled water, CGNP/water nanofluid is an efficient coolant and the Nusselt number is increased as the nanoparticle concentration and Rayleigh numbers increment. The nanoparticle concentration cannot change the flow pattern inside the enclosure. However, the Rayleigh number and heaters configuration can change the flow pattern significantly. Several heaters configurations (Cases 1–4) related to the symmetry of geometrical shape and corresponding boundary conditions, illustrate the symmetry of streamlines and isotherms about the vertical line (X = 0.5). The formation of vortices inside the enclosure is affected by the raising heat plume above the heaters. Moreover, at different Rayleigh numbers, the relative magnitude of average Nu for various cases is different. At Ra = 103, the energy transport characteristic depends on the relative location of heaters and cold walls, and the order of average Nusselt number is Case 3 ˜ Case 4 ˜ Case 6 > Case 1 ˜ Case 2 ˜ Case 5. However, at Ra = 106, an influence of thermal convection mechanism on heat transfer is significant and the ranking of average Nusselt number is Case 1 ˜ Case 4 > Case 5 > Case 6 > Case 2 > Case 3.

Originality/value

The originality of the research lies in both the study of thermogravitational convection in a closed chamber with two L-shaped heaters, and the analysis of the influence of control parameters for an environmentally friendly nanoliquid on electronics cooling process.

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International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, vol. 32 no. 12
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0961-5539

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Publication date: 15 August 2019

Rasul Mohebbi, Mohsen Izadi, Nor Azwadi Che Sidik and Gholamhassan Najafi

This paper aims to study the natural convection of a nanofluid inside a cavity which contains obstacles using lattice Boltzmann method (LBM). The results have focused mainly on…

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This paper aims to study the natural convection of a nanofluid inside a cavity which contains obstacles using lattice Boltzmann method (LBM). The results have focused mainly on various parameters such as number and aspect ratio of roughness elements and different nanoparticle volume fraction. The isotherms and streamlines are presented to describe the hydrodynamics and thermal behaviors of the nanofluid flow throughout the enclosure.

Design/methodology/approach

The methodology of this paper consists of mathematical model, statement of the problem, nanofluid thermophysical properties, lattice Boltzmann method, LBM for fluid flow, LBM for heat transfer, numerical strategy, boundary conditions, Nusselt (Nu) number calculation, code validation and grid independence.

Findings

Natural convection heat transfers of a nanofluid inside cavities with and without rough elements have been studied. Lattice Boltzmann technique has been used as numerical approach. The results showed that at higher Rayleigh number (Ra = 106), there are denser streamlines near the left (source) and right wall (sink) which results in better cooling and enhances convective heat rejection to the heat sink. After a distinctive aspect ratio of rough elements (A =0.1), change in streamline pattern which arises from increasing of aspect ratio does not have an important effect on isotherms. Results indicate that for lower Rayleigh number (Ra =103), no variation in average Nu is observed with increasing in number of roughness, while for higher one (Ra = 106) average Nu decreases from N = 0 (smooth cavity) up to N = 4 and then remains constant (N = 6).

Originality/value

Currently, no argumentative and comprehensive extraction can be concluded without fully understanding the role of different arrangement of roughness. Some geometrical parameters such as aspect ratio, number and position of rough elements have been considered. Also, the effect of nanoparticle concentration was studied at different Ra number. Briefly, using LBM, this paper aims to investigate the natural convection of a nanofluid flow on the thermal and hydrodynamics parameters in the presence of rough element with various arrangements.

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International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, vol. 29 no. 10
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0961-5539

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Publication date: 3 May 2016

D. Andrew S. Rees and Donald A. Nield

The purpose of this paper is to determine how the presence of an embedded, centrally placed, solid but heat-conducting block affects the onset and development of Darcy-Bénard…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to determine how the presence of an embedded, centrally placed, solid but heat-conducting block affects the onset and development of Darcy-Bénard convection.

Design/methodology/approach

Steady solutions are obtained using finite difference methods with SOR as the smoother. A detailed presentation is given of how the interface conditions are modelled, and how a continuity of pressure argument is used to determine the value of the streamfunction on the solid block.

Findings

The presence of the block affects strongly both the onset of convection and the nonlinear properties such as the mean Nusselt number and the strength of the fluid circulation. The smallest possible critical Darcy-Rayleigh is found to be 22.0152, which is smaller than 4π2, the value when the block is absent.

Research limitations/implications

The Darcy-Rayleigh number is restricted to values at or below 200, which is five times the critical value without a solid block, but the size and conductivity of the block vary between all admissible values.

Originality/value

This is the first investigation of the effect of internal obstacles on Darcy-Bénard convection.

Details

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, vol. 26 no. 3/4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0961-5539

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