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Patrick C. Doherty, Heather E. Dillon^† , Justin Roberts
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-6, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.1
Abstract The onset of turbulence in natural convection systems is difficult to predict using traditional computational techniques. The flow patterns that occur before and after the onset of turbulence may be better understood with the help of visual techniques like Schlieren imaging. Schlieren imaging allows visualization of the density gradients of a fluid using collimated light and refractive properties. In this experiment, a device was designed to test the behavior of airflow with non-isothermal boundary conditions within a rectangular cavity. Previous computational fluid modeling suggested a period doubling route to chaos in a cavity with a high aspect ratio and free… More >

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A. Subba Rao^a,* , V. Ramachandra Prasad^a , P. Rajendra^a , M. Sasikala^a , O. Anwar Beg^b
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-9, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.2
Abstract In this article, we investigate the nonlinear steady state boundary layer flow and heat transfer of an incompressible Jeffery non-Newtonian fluid from a permeable horizontal isothermal cylinder. The transformed conservation equations are solved numerically subject to physically appropriate boundary conditions using a versatile, implicit, finite-difference technique. The numerical code is validated with previous studies. The influence of a number of emerging non-dimensional parameters, namely with Deborah number (De), surface suction parameter (S), Prandtl number (Pr), ratio of relaxation to retardation times (λ) and dimensionless tangential coordinate (ξ) on velocity and temperature evolution in the boundary layer regime are examined in… More >

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G.K. Ramesh^a,*, B.J. Gireesha^b
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-7, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.3
Abstract The effect of non-linear thermal radiation on nanofluid flow over a riga plate is studied. Under some conditions, our problem reduces to the Blasius problem and Sakiadis problem. Similarity transformation is used to convert the governing steady Navier-Stokes equations into a system of coupled nonlinear differential equations, which are then solved numerically via Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg 45 order method along with a shooting method. Influence of parameters involved on velocity, temperature and concentration profiles is discussed with the help of graphical aid. Numerical results have been presented on the skin-friction coefficients, local Nusselt number and Sherwood number. It is found that in… More >

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M. Umeshaiah¹ , M. R. Krishnamurthy² , N.G. Rudraswamy³ , B. J. Gireesha⁴, B.C. Prasannakumara^5,*
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-8, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.4
Abstract This article presents the effect of nonlinear thermal radiation on boundary layer flow and heat transfer of Carreau fluid model over a nonlinear stretching sheet embedded in a porous medium in the presence of non-uniform heat source/sink and viscous dissipation with convective boundary condition. The governing partial differential equations with the corresponding boundary conditions are reduced to a set of ordinary differential equations using similarity transformation, which is then solved numerically by the fourth-fifth order Runge–Kutta-Fehlberg integration scheme featuring a shooting technique. The influence of significant parameters such as power law index parameter, Stretching parameter, Weissenberg number, permeability parameter, temperature… More >

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S. M. Arifuzzaman^1,* , Md. Shakhaoath Khan² , Khan Enaet Hossain¹ , Md. Sirajul Islam³ , Sonia Akter³, Raju Roy¹
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-12, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.5
Abstract Present study concerned with the theoretical work with numerical investigation of MHD transient naturally convective and higher order chemically reactive viscoelastic fluid with nano-particle flow through a vertical porous stretching sheet with the effects of heat generation and radiation absorption. A boundary layer approximation is carried out to develop a flow model representing time dependent momentum, energy, and concentration equations. The governing model equations in partial differential equations (PDEs) form were transformed into a set of nonlinear ordinary differential equation (ODEs) by using non-similar technique. Explicit Finite Difference Method (EFDM) was employed by implementing an algorithm in Compaq Visual Fortran… More >

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Rongge Xiao^a , Wenbo Jin^a,*, Shicong Han^b , Rui Li^a , Xuewen Cao^c
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-8, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.6
Abstract Combines theories of gas dynamics, fluid dynamics and numerical heat transfer theory, the condensing flow characteristics of water vapor in wet natural gas within the Laval nozzle were studied. A mathematical model was developed to predict the spontaneous condensing phenomenon in the supersonic flows using the classical nucleation and droplet growth theories. The numerical approach is validated with the experimental data by using UDF and UDS modules in FLUENT software, which shows a good agreement between them, and showed that the mathematical model can better predict the parameter changes in the condensation process. The condensation characteristics of water vapor in… More >

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Stanford Shateyi
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-6, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.7
Abstract The spectral relaxation method is employed to examine natural convective heat and mass transfer, MHD flow over a permeable moving vertical plate with convective boundary conditions in the presence of viscous dissipation, thermal radiation and chemical reaction. The governing partial differential equations were transformed into a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations by using a similarity approach. The resultant dimensionless ordinary equations were numerically solved by employing an effective Relaxation spectral algorithm with Chebyshev scheme. The pertinent results are then displayed in tabular form and graphically More >

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Walid Aich^a,c, Lioua Kolsi^a,d,*, Abdelkarim Aydi^e,f, Abdullah A.A.A Al-Rashed^b , Noureddine Ait Messaoudene^a , Mohamed Naceur Borjini^d
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-9, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.8
Abstract Numerical study of double-diffusive natural convection flow and entropy generation in 3D trapezoidal solar distiller was performed using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). In this research the flow, provoked by the interaction of chemical species diffusions and the thermal energy, is assumed to be laminar. Using potential vector-vorticity formulation in its three-dimensional form, the governing equations are formulated and solved by the numerical methodology based on the finite volume method. The main objective is to analyze the effects of buoyancy ratio for opposed temperature and concentration gradients and to focus the attention on three-dimensional aspects and generated entropy. The occurring heat… More >

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P.V. Satya Narayana^1,* , Nainaru Tarakaramu¹ , S. Moliya Akshit² , Jatin P. Ghori²
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-5, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.9
Abstract The present work is devoted to study the numerical simulation of steady magnetohydrodynamic flow and heat transfer of an Eyring-Powell fluid over a stretching sheet with viscous dissipation. The fluid is taken to be two dimensional electrically conducting and the flow is induced by a stretching surface. The basic governing partial differential equations of non-Newtonian fluid are reduced into the coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations by using similarity transformations. The resulting ordinary differential equations are then solved numerically using shooting method with fourth order Runge- Kutta scheme. The effects of Hartmann number, Eckert number, Grashoff number and Eyring-Powell fluid parameters… More >

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M. Sathish Kumar, N. Sandeep^* , B. Rushi Kumar
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-6, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.10
Abstract An analysis is presented to analyze the momentum and heat transfer behaviour of the laminar wall jet flow of a hydromagnetic flow due to plate with nonlinear thermal radiation and convective boundary condition. The governing Partial differential equations are converted as ordinary differential equations with the aid of similarity transformation. Further, the transformed equation is resolved using the bvc5c Matlab package. The effect of various pertinent parameters on momentum and temperature fields along with the local Nusselt number is discussed with the help of numerical and graphical illustrations. It is found that the Biotnumbereffectively enhances the heat transfer rate. More >

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B. Venkateswarlu^a, P.V. Satya Narayana^b,*
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-10, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.11
Abstract An analysis has been carried out to study the mixed convection flow, heat and mass transfer of an incompressible electrically conducting Maxwell fluid past a vertical stretching sheet in the presence of chemical reaction with thermal diffusion (Soret) and diffusion-thermo (Dufour) effects. The governing nonlinear partial differential equations along with the appropriate boundary conditions are non-dimensionalized using suitable similarity variables. The resulting transformed ordinary differential equations are then solved numerically by shooting technique with fourth order Runge - Kutta method. The influence of various physical parameters on the flow, heat and mass transfer characteristics are discussed through graphs and tables.… More >

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Linyue Guan, Mingjun Pang, Hui Wang, Xuedong Jiang, Yongbin Zhang^*
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-5, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.12
Abstract The paper presents an analysis for the relative slip amount related to the fluid-wall interfacial shear strength in a nano channel formed by two parallel smooth solid planes sliding against one another. A closed-form equation formulation for the relative slip amount was obtained. It was shown that the relative slip amount is constant in the inlet zone of the channel, where the interfacial slippage occurs. This substantiates the assumption made in the analysis of this kind of channel as shown in the study by Zhang (2015). It was also shown that with the increases of the channel height or the… More >

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T. Sravan Kumar, B. Rushi Kumar^*
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-7, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.13
Abstract In this work, the steady natural convective boundary layer flow of nanofluid and heat transfer over a stretching sheet in the presence of a uniform transverse magnetic field is investigated. We consider two different base fluids and three different nanoparticles were examined as nanofluid. A new model was used in the simulation of nanofluid. Similarity transformations are used to obtain a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. The resulting equations are solved numerically by shooting method with Runge-Kutta fourth order scheme (MATLAB package). The effects of various parameters describing the transport in the presence of thermal radiation, buoyancy parameter, magnetic… More >

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Touhami Baki^a,*, Djamel Sahel^a , Ahmed Guessab^b
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-7, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.14
Abstract Boiling is influenced by a large number of parameters; the angle of orientation constitutes one of these parameters which have a positive impact on the heat transfer. The dynamic of the bubble plays a significant role in the improvement of heat transfer during boiling. For this reason, we are located on the bubble scale and we simulated the detachment of vapor bubble in the liquid water on a heated surface, when the angle of orientation varies from 0 to 180°. We followed the evolution of the sliding of the bubble; it appears that the thermal boundary layer is disturbed and… More >

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Md. Shakhaoath Khan^a,*, Md. Mizanur Rahman^a,b, S.M. Arifuzzaman^c , Pronab Biswas^c , Ifsana Karim^a
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-11, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.15
Abstract A two-dimensional (2D) flow of an incompressible Williamson fluid of Cattaneo–Christov heat flux type over a linearly stretched surface with the influence of magnetic field, thermal radiation-diffusion, heat generation and viscous dissipation is carried out in the present study. To develop a Williamson flow model, a boundary layer approximation is taken into account. The non-dimensional, nonlinear, coupled ordinary differential equations with boundary condition are solved numerically using Nactsheim-Swigert shooting iteration technique together with Runge-Kutta six order iteration scheme. The influences of physical parameters on the velocity, temperature, concentration is analysed through graphical consequences. To validate the accuracy of the numerical… More >

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Yongbin Zhang^*
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-4, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.16
Abstract The flow factor approach model was used to study the effect of temperature on water transportation in a nano slit pore flow driven by the pressure. The influences of the temperature on the density and viscosity of water and on the water-wall interaction were considered. The results show that enhancing the temperature of water significantly improves water transportation in nanochannel, especially when the channel height is so low that the water non-continuum effect is significant. The mechanism of this temperature effect is that the temperature increase not only appreciably reduces the water viscosity but also considerably alleviates the water non-continuum… More >

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A. Subba Rao^a,*, L. Nagaraja^a,b, M. Sudhakar Reddy^a , M. Surya Narayana Reddy^b
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-11, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.17
Abstract This article investigates the theoretical steady magneto hydrodynamic heat flow of incompressible non-Newtonian Tangent Hyperbolic fluid flow over a sphere with Soret and Dufour effects. The governing coupled non-linear partial differential equations are reduced to non-similarity boundary layer equations using appropriate transformation and then solved using the finite difference Keller-Box method. The effect of various flow parameters on the velocity, temperature and concentration are analyzed and presented graphically. More >

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P. R. Sharma^a , Sushila Choudhary^a,* , O. D. Makinde^b
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-7, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.18
Abstract Steady two dimensional laminar magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) slip flow and heat transfer of a viscous incompressible and electrically conducting fluid past over a flat exponentially non-conducting stretching porous sheet embedded in a porous medium with non uniform permeability in the presence of non uniform heat source is investigated. The governing equations of velocity and temperature distributions are solved numerically and the effects of different physical parameters are shown through graphs. The rate of shear stress and the rate of heat transfer at the sheet are derived, discussed numerically and their numerical values for various values of physical parameters are presented through… More >

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S. Ravi Kumar^* , S. K. Abzal
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-9, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.19
Abstract The aim of the present attempt is hall currents and joule heating on peristaltic blood flow in porous medium through a vertical tapered asymmetric channel under the influence of radiation. The Mathematical modeling is investigated by utilizing long wavelength and low Reynolds number assumptions. The indicates an appreciable increase in the axial velocity distribution with increase in hall current parameter and porosity parameter whereas the result in axial velocity distribution diminished by increase in magnetic field parameter. The result in pressure gradient reduces by rise in hall current parameter, porosity parameter and volumetric flow rate. The temperature of the fluid… More >

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P. Sreenivasulu^a,*, T. Poornima^b,†, N. Bhaskar Reddy^c
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-7, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.20
Abstract This paper examines the variable thermal conductivity influence on MHD flow past a thermally stratified stretching cylinder with heat source or sink. The governing partial differential equations of the flow field are converted to a system of non-linear coupled similarity ordinary differential equations. Employing Shooting technique followed by Runge-Kutta method, the system is solved numerically. The effects of the various physical parameters countered in the flow field on the velocity, temperature as well as the skin friction coefficient and the rate of heat transfer near the wall are computed and illustrated graphically. More >

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Gauri Shanker Seth^*, Arnab Bhattacharyya, Rajat Tripathi
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-12, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.21
Abstract A study on unsteady MHD natural convection flow of an optically thin, heat radiating, incompressible, viscous, chemically reactive, temperature dependent heat absorbing and electrically conducting fluid past an exponentially accelerated infinite vertical plate having ramped temperature, embedded in a porous medium is carried out, considering the effects of Hall current and rotation. Governing equations are non-dimensionalized and Laplace Transform Technique is used to find the exact solutions for non-dimensional velocity, temperature and concentration fields. The quantities of physical interest i.e. shear stress at the plate, rate of heat and mass transfers at the plate are also derived. Numerical results for… More >

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CH. Amanulla^a,b,* , N. Nagendra^a , M. Suryanarayana Reddy^b
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-9, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.22
Abstract In this article, the combined theoretical and computational study of the magneto hydrodynamic heat transfer in an electro-conductive polymer on the external surface of a vertical truncated cone under radial magnetic field is presented. Thermal and velocity (hydrodynamic) slip are considered at the vertical truncated cone surface via modified boundary conditions. The Williamson viscoelastic model is employed which is representative of certain industrial polymers. The governing partial differential equations (PDEs) are transformed into highly nonlinear, coupled, multi-degree non-similar partial differential equations consisting of the momentum and energy equations via appropriate non-similarity transformations. These transformed conservation equations are solved subject to… More >

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Elyazid Flilihi^a,† , Mohammed Sriti^a , Driss Achemlal^b , Mohamed El haroui^a
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-8, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.23
Abstract A semi - analytical investigation is performed to analyze the thermal convection flow with a radiation flux and a variable internal heat generation along an inclined plate embedded in a saturated porous medium. The flow in the porous medium is modeled with the Darcy-Brinkman law taking into account the convective term, while the temperature field is obtained from the energy equation. These governing equations with the boundary conditions are first cast into a dimensionless form by using a unique similarity transformation and the resulting coupled differential equations are then solved numerically by a computational program based on the fifth order… More >

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N. Ameer Ahammad^a,*, Sarfaraz Kamangar^b
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-7, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.24
Abstract The current work discusses the heat and mass transfer due to a solid wall dividing the porous medium into two distinct sections. The left vertical surface of cavity is maintained at constant temperature T_h and concentration C_h whereas right vertical surface is kept at isothermal temperature T_c and iso-concentration C_c such that T_h>T_c and C_h>C_c. Finite element method is used to solve the governing partial differential equations. The results discussed with respect to thermal conductivity ratio, solid width, buoyancy ratio, Lewis number etc. More >

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S. M. Arifuzzaman^a , M. S. Khan^b,*, M. S. Islam^c , M. M. Islam^c , B. M. J. Rana^a , P. Biswas^a, S. F. Ahmmed^a
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-14, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.25
Abstract Present study concerns with the numerical investigation of MHD transient naturally convective and higher order chemically reactive Maxwell fluid with Nano-particle flow through a vertical porous plate with the effects of heat generation and radiation absorption. A boundary layer approximation is carried out to develop a flow model representing time dependent momentum, energy, and concentration equations. The governing model equations in partial differential equations (PDEs) form are transformed into a set of nonlinear ordinary differential equation (ODEs) by using non-similar technique. Explicit Finite Difference Method (EFDM) is employed by implementing an algorithm in Compaq Visual Fortran 6.6a to solve the… More >

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Yongbin Zhang^*
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-6, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.26
Abstract The influence of pore wall surface property on the flux of a novel cylindrical-shaped nanoporous filtering membrane is analytically studied by using the flow factor approach model for a nanoscale flow. Across the thickness of the membrane are manufactured two concentric cylindrical pores with different radii. The smaller nanoscale pore is for filtration, while the other larger pore is for reducing the flow resistance. It was found that when the larger pore wall surface is hydrophobic, the interaction between the filtered liquid and the smaller pore wall surface has a very significant effect on the value of the optimum ratio… More >

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Mahantesh M Nandeppanavar^a,*, S. Shakunthala^b
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-10, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.27
Abstract In this paper, the buoyancy effect on flow and heat transfer characteristics of nanofluid in presence of carbon nanotubes due to a vertical plate is investigated. The obtained nonlinear PDE’s are converted to the non-linear ordinary differential equations by applying the similarity transformations corresponding to the boundary conditions. These boundary value problems are solved numerically using fourth order Runge-kutta method together with the efficient shooting iteration scheme. The nature of the flow and heat transfer are plotted and discussed in detail. It is noticed that buoyancy effect is very useful in cooling the system and present results compared with previously… More >

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A. El Mansouri^a,b, M. Hasnaoui^a,*, A. Amahmid^a , Y. Dahani^a , M. Alouah^a , S. Hasnaoui^a , R. Khaoula^a , M. Ouahas^a, R. Bennacer^b
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-14, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.28
Abstract A two-dimensional numerical simulation is conducted to study natural convection flow and heat transfer characteristics in a square cavity filled with a micropolar fluid. The lower and upper walls of the cavity are respectively subject to isothermal heating and cooling while the temperatures of both vertical sides decrease linearly in the upwards direction. The Lattice-Boltzmann Method (LBM), with the multi-relaxation time (MRT) scheme for the collision process, is used to solve the problem with the objective to assess the ability and efficiency of this numerical method to describe the micropolar fluid behavior under the effect of the imposed thermal boundary… More >

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K. Madhavi^a,b,*, V. Ramachandra Prasad^a , N. Nagendra^a , G.S.S. Raju^b
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-12, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.29
Abstract In this article, the combined theoretical and computational study of the magneto hydrodynamic heat transfer in an electro-conductive polymer on the external surface of a vertical truncated cone under radial magnetic field is presented. Thermal and velocity (hydrodynamic) slip are considered at the vertical truncated cone surface via modified boundary conditions. The Williamson viscoelastic model is employed which is representative of certain industrial polymers. The governing partial differential equations (PDEs) are transformed into highly nonlinear, coupled, multi-degree non-similar partial differential equations consisting of the momentum and energy equations via appropriate non-similarity transformations. These transformed conservation equations are solved subject to… More >

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Habib-Olah Sayehvand^a , Shirley Abelman^b,*, Amir Basiri Parsa^a
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-9, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.30
Abstract Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) nanofluid flow considered to be steady, incompressible and electrically conducting, flows through permeable plates in the presence of convective heating, models as a system of nonlinear partial differential equations which are solved analytically by the Differential Transform Method (DTM). Copper, aluminum oxide and titanium dioxide nanoparticles are considered with Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose (CMC)– water as the base fluid. Variation of the effects of pertinent parameters on fluid velocity and temperature is analyzed parametrically. Verification between analytical (DTM) and numerical (fourth-order Runge-Kutta scheme) results and previous published research is shown to be quite agreeable. The temperature of Cu-water is… More >

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Stephen K. Ogbonnaya, Oluseyi O. Ajayi^*
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-12, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.31
Abstract Heat exchangers as a heat transfer device has gained wide applications across different levels of domestic and industrial set-ups. Various studies have been carried out to study, analyse and predict its performance. However, one major phenomenon that limits heat exchanger performance is attributed to fouling. Based on this, various studies and approaches have focused on reduction, elimination and mitigation of fouling. This study therefore focused on this. It reviewed several attempts that have been carried out to understand and mitigate the incidents of fouling in heat exchangers. The study found that despite the existing models developed towards understanding fouling, there… More >

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K. Ganesh Kumar¹ , G.K. Ramesh^2,*, B.J. Gireesha¹
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-8, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.32
Abstract The present article addresses the double-diffusive convection flow of the Casson fluid with thermal radiation. With suitable independent transformations, the governing partial differential equations are first transformed into ordinary differential equations. The converted equations are solved numerically by using Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg forth-fifth technique (RKF45 Method) via shooting technique. The eects of the emerging parameters, the skin friction coecient, the Nusselt number, and the Sherwood number are analyzed on the dimensionless velocities, temperature, and concentration fields. Outcome shows that buoyancy forces due to temperature difference suppress the skin friction whereas it will enhance the local Nusselt and Sherwood numbers. More >

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K. Venkatadri^a,*, S. Gouse Mohiddin^a , M. Suryanarayana Reddy^b
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-9, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.33
Abstract Two-dimensional unsteady laminar double-diffusive free convective flow of a conducting fluid in a thermally insulated square enclosure except the left wall has been numerically studied in presence of heat generation/absorption. The Marker and Cell (MAC) method is employed for solving nonlinear momentum, energy and concentration equations and the numerical MATLAB code is validated with the previous study. The computed results are depicted graphically and discussed for various values of Rayleigh number (Ra), Hartmann number (Ha), Buoyancy ratio parameter (N), Lewis number (Le) and heat absorption/generation parameter (γ). It is observed that the rate of heat and mass transfer decreases with… More >

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Driss Achemlal^a,† , Mohammed Sriti^b , Mohamed El Haroui^b , Elyazid Flilihi^b , Mounir Kriraa^a
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-10, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.34
Abstract In this paper we study the combined free convection, due to thermal and species diffusion, of a viscous incompressible non Newtonian fluid over a vertical plate embedded in a saturated porous medium with three thermal states of the surface and a constant concentration in the presence of a chemical reaction. The effect of temperature dependent viscosity is also investigated. The Ostwald-de Waele power-law model is used to characterize the non-Newtonian fluid behavior. The governing boundary layer equations along with the boundary conditions are first cast into a dimensionless form by a unique similarity transformation and the resulting coupled differential equations… More >

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Ch. RamReddy^† , P. Naveen, D. Srinivasacharya
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-10, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.35
Abstract The role of nonlinear variation of density with temperature (NDT) and concentration (NDC) on the free convective flow of non-Darcy micropolar fluid over an inclined plate has been studied for the first time. In addition, the modified form of thermal slip and isothermal condition is utilized to address heat transfer phenomena in nuclear plants, textile drying, and heat exchangers, etc. The respective partial differential equations and boundary conditions are cast into a sequence of the ordinary differential equation by the local non-similarity technique. The remodeled equations are simplified numerically by applying a successive linearization method (SLM). A constructive investigation emphasizing… More >

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T. M. Agbaje^a,b, S. S. Motsa^a,* , S. Mondal^c,† , P. Sibanda^a
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-13, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.36
Abstract In this work, we present a compliment of the spectral perturbation method (SPM) for solving nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) with applications in fluid flow problems. The (SPM) is a series expansion based approach that uses the Chebyshev spectral collocation method to solve the governing sequence of differential equation generated by the perturbation series approximation. Previously the SPM had the limitation of being used to solve problems with small parameters only. This current investigation seeks to improve the performance of the SPM by doing the series expansion about a large parameter. The new method namely the large parameter spectral perturbation… More >

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D. Srinivasacharya^* , P. Jagadeeshwar
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-10, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.37
Abstract Numerical solutions for the boundary layer flow, heat and mass transfer of a viscous incompressible fluid over an exponentially stretching sheet is developed. The effect of Hall current, chemical reaction and thermal radiation are taken into account. Through similarity transformations, the governing boundary layer equations are reduced to a set of coupled non-linear ordinary differential equations and then linearized using the successive linearization method. The resultant linear system is solved using the Chebyshev pseudo spectral method. The numerical results for velocity, temperature and concentration are shown graphically. The skin-frictions are calculated and variations with pertinent parameters are presented in tabular… More >

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N. Vedavathi^a , G. Dharmaiah^b,* , K.S. Balamurugan^c, J. Prakash^d
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-8, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.38
Abstract The effects of radiation absorption, first order chemical reaction and diffusion thermo on MHD free convective heat and mass transfer flow of a nanofluid past a semi infinite vertical flat plate are analyzed. The temperature and concentration at the surface are assumed to be oscillatory type. Four types of cubic nano particles which are uniform and size namely, Silver (Ag), Aluminum (Al₂O₃), Copper (Cu) and Titanium Oxide (TiO₂) with water as a base fluid is taken into account. The set of ordinary differential equations are solved by using regular perturbation technique. The impact of various flow parameters on nanofluid velocity,… More >

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J. Pranitha^a,* , G. Venkata Suman^a , D. Srinivasacharya^a
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-8, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.39
Abstract An analysis is performed to investigate the influence of radiation, thermal-diffusion and variable properties on mixed convection flow, heat and mass transfer from a vertical plate in a porous medium saturated with a power-law fluid. The non-linear partial differential equations are reduced to ordinary differential equations by implementing Lie scaling group transformations. These ordinary differential equations are solved numerically by implementing a shooting technique. The numerical results for dimensionless velocity, temperature and concentration profiles for pseudo-plastic, Newtonian and dilatant fluids are presented graphically for different values of variable viscosity, variable thermal conductivity, Soret and radiation parameters. Heat and mass transfer… More >

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Shalini Jain^*, Amit Parmar
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-8, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.40
Abstract Present paper aims to investigate entropy generation of unsteady radiative Casson fluid flow through porous medium over a permeable stretching surface with inclined magnetic field. Time-dependent partial differential equations are transformed into non-linear ordinary differential equations using similarity transformations. These transformed equations are solved numerically by Runge–Kutta fourth-order with shooting technique. The effects of pertinent parameter such as magnetic field parameter, Casson fluid parameter, inclined angle of magnetic field parameter, Radiation parameter and Reynolds number on the velocity, temperature and entropy profiles are presented graphically. Local Nusselt and local Sherwood number are also obtained and presented in tabulated form. More >

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