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 More >

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 More >

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 More >

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 More >

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 More >

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 More >

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 >

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… More >

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… More >

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… More >