J. Serrano-Arellano¹, M.I. Hernández-López¹, J. L. Chávez-Servín², E. V. Macias-Melo³, K. M. Aguilar-Castro^3,*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.23, No.6, pp. 1741-1765, 2025, DOI:10.32604/fhmt.2025.069560 - 31 December 2025

Abstract A numerical study analyzed double diffusion caused by convective and radiative heat transfer in a greenhouse with and without internal humidity sources. Two cases were examined: one considering temperature and mass concentration gradients on vertical walls and another incorporating internal humidity sources, enhancing convective and diffusive flows. Four configurations were analyzed by varying the length of the greenhouse, and the Rayleigh number was calculated over a range from 2.29 × 10¹⁰ to 6.07 × 10¹². Simulations modeled the greenhouse interior six times a day (8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.), accounting for external temperature, humidity, and solar More > Graphic Abstract

Mehmet Numan Kaya^*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.145, No.1, pp. 327-343, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2025.072000 - 30 October 2025

Abstract This study investigates the influence of mesh resolution and turbulence model selection on the accuracy of numerical simulations for transonic flow, with particular emphasis on shock-boundary layer interaction phenomena. Accurate prediction of such flows is notoriously difficult due to the sensitivity to near-wall resolution, global mesh density, and turbulence model assumptions, and this problem motivates the present work. Two solvers were employed, rhoCentralFoam (unsteady) and TSLAeroFoam (steady-state), both are compressible and density-based and implemented within the OpenFOAM framework. The investigation focuses on three different non-dimensional wall distance (y⁺) values of 1, 2.5 and 5, each implemented… More >

Shuxun Li^1,2, Yuhao Tian^1,2,*, Guolong Deng^1,2, Wei Li^1,2, Yinggang Hu^1,2, Xiaoya Wen^1,2

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.21, No.8, pp. 1809-1837, 2025, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2025.065877 - 12 September 2025

Abstract The conventional Shear Stress Transport (SST) k–ω turbulence model often exhibits substantial inaccuracies when applied to the prediction of flow behavior in complex regions within axial flow control valves. To enhance its predictive fidelity for internal flow fields, this study introduces a novel calibration framework that integrates an artificial neural network (ANN) surrogate model with a particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. In particular, an optimal Latin hypercube sampling strategy was employed to generate representative sample points across the empirical parameter space. For each sample, numerical simulations using ANSYS Fluent were conducted to evaluate the flow characteristics,… More >

Ahmad Fazlizan^1,*, Wan Khairul Muzammil², Najm Addin Al-Khawlani¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.144, No.2, pp. 1371-1437, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2025.067854 - 31 August 2025

Abstract This review provides a comprehensive and systematic examination of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) techniques and methodologies applied to the development of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs). Although VAWTs offer significant advantages for urban wind applications, such as omnidirectional wind capture and a compact, ground-accessible design, they face substantial aerodynamic challenges, including dynamic stall, blade–wake interactions, and continuously varying angles of attack throughout their rotation. The review critically evaluates how CFD has been leveraged to address these challenges, detailing the modelling frameworks, simulation setups, mesh strategies, turbulence models, and boundary condition treatments adopted in the literature.… More >

Ritian Ji¹, Zhiguo Qu^1,*, Hui Wang¹, Binbin Jiao², Yuxin Ye²

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.29, No.2, pp. 1-1, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.012210

Abstract In this manuscript, a finite volume discrete topology optimization method based on the continuous adjoint method is proposed to simulate turbulent flow using the k-omega turbulence model for solving the topology optimization problem of conjugate heat transfer at high Reynolds number. The manuscript simulates the conjugate turbulent convective heat transfer problem at high Reynolds number with a set of Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations coupled with energy transport equations and control equations of the k-omega turbulence model, and implements the methodology by using the variable density method, interpolates the material values of thermal conductivity, heat capacity,… More >

Abdellatif El Hannaoui^1,*, Rachid Boutarfa¹, Chadia Haidar²

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.22, No.3, pp. 733-746, 2024, DOI:10.32604/fhmt.2024.050520 - 11 July 2024

Abstract The proposed work focuses on the in-depth study of convective heat transfer in the unconfined air gap of a discoidal rotor-stator system. The rotary cooling mechanism is achieved by the injection of two air jets, while the cavity geometry is characterized by a dimensionless parameter G. The numerical analysis primarily concentrated on the effect of flow velocity and rotation on the heat exchange process. More precisely, the range of analysis extends from the rotational Reynolds number to , while varying the Reynolds value of the jet in a range from to . To carry out More >

Quanbin Ba^1,2, Yanbao Liu^1,2,*, Zhigang Zhang^1,2, Wei Xiong^1,2, Kai Shen^1,2

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.17, No.4, pp. 697-710, 2021, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2021.014762 - 17 May 2021

Abstract The characteristics of the flow field associated with a multi-hole combined external rotary bit have been studied by means of numerical simulation in the framework of an RNG k-ε turbulence model, and compared with the results of dedicated rock breaking drilling experiments. The numerical results show that the nozzle velocity and dynamic pressure of the nozzle decrease with an increase in the jet distance, and the axial velocity of the nozzle decays regularly with an increase in the dimensionless jet distance. Moreover, the axial velocity related to the nozzle with inclination angle 20° and 30° can More >

Abdelkarim Hegab^*, Faisal Albatati, Mohammed Algarni

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.127, No.2, pp. 437-468, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2021.014690 - 19 April 2021

Abstract In this paper, analytical, computational, and experimental studies are integrated to examine unsteady acoustic/vorticity transport phenomena in a solid rocket motor chamber with end-wall disturbance and side-wall injection. Acoustic-fluid dynamic interactions across the chamber may generate intense unsteady vorticity with associated shear stresses. These stresses may cause scouring and, in turn, enhance the heat rate and erosional burning of solid propellant in a real rocket chamber. In this modelling, the unsteady propellant gasification is mimicked by steady-state flow disturbed by end-wall oscillations. The analytical approach is formulated using an asymptotic technique to reduce the full… More >

Weiyu Zhang^a , Mo Yang^a,*, Yuwen Zhang^b

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.12, pp. 1-8, 2019, DOI:10.5098/hmt.12.18

Abstract The periodically fully-developed flow and heat transfer in channels with periodic semi-circular tube is studied numerically by the direct numerical simulation (DNS), the large eddy simulation (LES), and the Reynolds stress model (RSM). When the Reynolds number is between 3000 and 25000, the Nusselt number obtained by the RSM is closer to the experimental results than the results obtained from other turbulence models. The nonlinear characteristics of flow and heat transfer is revealed based on the results of numerical simulation. When Reynolds number is high, the geometric structure and boundary conditions of the channel are More >

M.M.R. Damasceno¹, J.M. Vedovoto¹, A. da Silveira-Neto¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.104, No.2, pp. 105-132, 2015, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2015.104.105

Abstract Turbulence is a phenomenon which presents peculiarities when it is experimented or simulated. This occurs due to its complexity and high sensibility to the inlet conditions of the turbulent flow fields, as well as the presence of a large range of time and length scales. A simplification for this situation is obtained with the use of approximations and turbulence models. In the present work, the Largeeddy Simulations methodology was applied, aiming the modeling of the previously mentioned complexity, which consists in using a filter to resolve the large scales while the remaining scales were determined More >