S. Oukach^1,2,3, H. Hamdi², M. El Ganaoui⁴, B. Pateyron¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.8, No.2, pp. 173-196, 2012, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2012.008.173

Abstract The splat formation is one of the basic processes in thermal spray coatings. The performance of these coatings is strongly related to the process of spreading and solidification of molten droplets. The aim of the present paper is to simulate the fluid flow, heat transfer and phase-change that occur when a micrometric molten droplet impacts onto a rigid substrate and to examine the effect of the substrate conditions, such as initial temperature and material on the solidification time and spreading process. The effect of thermal contact resistance is also investigated. The simulation model used is More >

K. Choukairy¹, R. Bennacer²

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.8, No.2, pp. 155-172, 2012, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2012.008.155

Abstract This study carries the natural thermosolutal convection induced in heterogeneous porous media. The configuration considered is cartesian. The horizontal and vertical walls are submitted to different mass and heat transfer. The equations which govern this type of flow are solved numerically by using the finite volume method. The flow is considered two-dimensional and laminar. The model of Darcy and the approximation of the Boussinesq are taken into account. The parameters which control the problem are the thermal Darcy-Rayleigh number, Rt, the buoyancy ratio, N, the Lewis number, Le, the aspect ratio of the enclosure, A… More >

F. Moufekkir¹, M.A. Moussaoui¹, A. Mezrhab^1,2, H. Naji^3,4, M. Bouzidi⁵

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.8, No.2, pp. 129-154, 2012, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2012.008.129

Abstract The problem related to coupled double diffusive convection in a square enclosure filled with a gray gas in the presence of volumetric radiation is examined numerically. The horizontal walls are assumed to be insulated and impermeable. Different temperatures and species concentrations are imposed at vertical walls. In particular, we propose a 2-D numerical approach based on a hybrid scheme combining a multiple-relaxation-time lattice Boltzmann model (MRT-LBM) and a standard finite difference method (FDM). The radiative term in the energy equation is treated using the discrete ordinates method (DOM) with a S8 quadrature. The influence of… More >

F. De Rosa¹, A. Esposito¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.8, No.1, pp. 107-128, 2012, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2011.008.107

Abstract An investigation was conducted to evaluate the feasibility and the performance of an electrically heated composite leading edge for aircraft anti-icing applications. A prototype was designed, manufactured and equipped with a High Temperature composite leading edge with embedded Ni alloy resistance fed by a DC power supply unit. Running wet and fully evaporative functional modes have been verified both analytically and experimentally with reasonable agreement. A room temperature thermal endurance test has been run for 10⁴ cycles aiming to preliminary verify the integrity of the composite laminate after the imposed thermal stress. The EHCLE system (Electrical More >

Veturia Chiroiu¹, Ioan Ursu², Ligia Munteanu³, Tudor Sireteanu⁴

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.8, No.1, pp. 91-106, 2012, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2011.008.091

Abstract The Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (KP) equation describes the evolution of nonlinear, long waves of small amplitude with slow dependence on the transverse coordinate. The KP equation coupled with the generalized play operator is studied in this paper in order to explain the dilatonic behavior of the soliton interaction and the generation of huge waves in shallow waters. Hirota bilinear method and results from a nonlinear semigroup theory are applied to simulate the resonant soliton interactions. More >

S. Hamimid¹, M. Guellal¹, A. Amroune¹, N. Zeraibi²

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.8, No.1, pp. 69-90, 2012, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2011.008.069

Abstract A two-dimensional rectangular enclosure containing a binary-fluid saturated porous layer of finite thickness placed in the centre of the cavity is considered. Phase change is neglected. Vertical and horizontal solid boundaries are assumed to be isothermal and adiabatic, respectively. A horizontal temperature gradient is imposed, driving convection of buoyancy nature. The Darcy equation, including Brinkman and Forchheimer terms is used to account for viscous and inertia effects in the momentum equation, respectively. The problem is then solved numerically in the framework of a Velocity-Pressure formulation resorting to a finite volume method based on the standard More >

Rashed Al-Ajmi¹, Mohamed Mosaad^1,2

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.8, No.1, pp. 51-68, 2012, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2011.008.051

Abstract Conjugate heat transfer across a vertical solid wall separating natural convection in a cold fluid-saturated porous medium and film condensation in a saturated-vapour medium is analyzed. The analysis reveals that this thermal interaction process is mainly controlled by the thermal resistance ratio of wall to porous-side natural convection and that of condensate film to natural convection. Asymptotic and numerical results of interest are obtained for the local and mean overall Nusselt number as functions of these two thermal resistance ratios. More >

A. Parsa¹, M.Z. Saghir¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.8, No.1, pp. 27-50, 2012, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2011.008.027

Abstract Experiments onboard the International Space Station typically display undesired convective flow as a results of unwanted oscillatory g-jitters. A cubic rigid cell filled with water (90%) and isopropanol (10%) with a thermal gradient and forced vibrations is considered. The cell is under the influence of three different levels of periodic oscillation (Ra_vib ≈ 1.6, 650 and 4000) applied perpendicular to the temperature gradient. In this paper, we examine the transport process (fluid flow, heat transfer and mass transfer) due to oscillatory g-jitters in the presence of Soret effect. The full transient Navier Stokes equations coupled with More >

Brahim Mahfoud¹, Rachid Bessaih^1,2

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.8, No.1, pp. 1-26, 2012, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2011.008.001

Abstract Oscillatory swirling flows in a cylindrical enclosure, having aspect ratio (height/radius) γ=2, filled with a liquid metal, and submitted to a destabilizing vertical temperature gradient (system heated from below) is investigated by means of direct numerical solution of the governing (continuity, radial and axial momentum,swirlandenergy)equations. The bottom and top disks are assumed to rotate at equal (co-rotating) and opposite (counter-rotating) angular velocities. The critical Reynoldsnumber,Re_cr and the critical frequency of oscillations, F_cr arecalculated as a function of the Richardson number, Ri, ranging between 0 and 4. Stability diagrams are presented, reflecting the results of the numerical More >

H. Chanson¹, K.K. Tan²

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.7, No.4, pp. 403-418, 2011, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2011.007.403

Abstract A tidal bore is a wall of water propagating upstream as the tidal flow turns to rising into an estuary with a tidal range larger than 5 to 6 m and the bathymetry that amplifies the tidal wave. The bore front is a shock characterised by a singularity of the free-surface and pressure and velocity fields. This study aims to characterise the impact of tidal bores on the turbulent dispersion of fish eggs. Some physical modelling was performed based upon a Froude similitude and the tracking of plastic beads acting as fish egg proxies was More >