HULYA SEMA KOKER¹, HÜLYA YAVUZ ERSAN¹, AYSE AYTAC^2,3,*

Journal of Polymer Materials, Vol.37, No.3-4, pp. 165-177, 2020, DOI:10.32381/JPM.2020.37.3-4.4

Abstract Chitosan (CH) and low-density polyethylene (PE) blend films were produced by a twin-screw extruder and heat press with different plasticizers glycerol (GLY), sorbitol (SOR) and polyethylene glycol (PEG). The tensile strength decreased and elongation at break increased with the incorporation of plasticizer for blends with 10 wt% of CH. The thermal stability of the films was slightly higher for films containing GLY and PEG as compared to SOR. Contact angles reduced from CH-PE film to the films containing PEG, SOR and GLY in decreasing order, respectively. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy revealed no interactions between CH More >

Changming Ling^a,b,*, Yin Zhong^a,b

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.14, pp. 1-6, 2020, DOI:10.5098/hmt.14.25

Abstract Effects of serrated pulsating airflow on liquid film evaporation in a falling film channel was numerically studied based on a two-dimensional model. The mechanism of pulsating airflow evaporation was studied as the pulsating airflow swept across the vertical liquid film surface at the stagnant temperature. Effects of amplitude, frequency, and velocity of the serrated pulsating airflow at certain evaporation time on evaporation were analyzed. Compared with the uniform airflow, the highest relative evaporation of liquid film on vertical pipe inner surface was increased by about 0.3 %. When the airflow was pulsating, the cycle of More >

Wenlei Lian, Zijian Sun, Taoyi Han, Yimin Xuan^*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.14, pp. 1-6, 2020, DOI:10.5098/hmt.14.10

Abstract An experimental facility is developed to investigate the characteristics of the nucleate boiling heat transfer in a rotating water film. The High speed photography technique is used to visualize the flow field of the rotating water film. Along with the bubble photographs, the centrifugal acceleration, heat flux into the film, and the heat transfer coefficient are calculated to learn the heat transfer characteristics of the water film. It is found that the boiling heat transfer coefficient decreases with the increment of heat flux. The heat transfer coefficient increases with acceleration increasing from 20g to 60g, More >

N. Vijaya^a,*, Sunil Babu G^b , Vellanki Lakshmi N^c

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.15, pp. 1-8, 2020, DOI:10.5098/hmt.15.23

Abstract Present investigation aims at scrutinizing the properties of heat and mass transfer phenomena of liquid thin film of Casson Nano fluid over elongated sheet under the influence of thermophorosis and Brownian motion. Casson Nano particle effect on thermophorotic force and on Brownian force is studied. Variables of similarity were induced to transmute partial differential equations into dimensionless equations and are resolved numerically by elegant method bvp 4c. Thin film thickness is calculated using MATHEMATICA for different values of critical parameters. Velocity profiles diminishes for higher values of Casson parameter and magnetic field parameter. The temperature More >

Revathi Gadamsetty^a,*, Venkata Subrahmanyam Sajja^b , P. Sudam Sekhar^c, Dhaneshwar Prasad^d,†

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.15, pp. 1-7, 2020, DOI:10.5098/hmt.15.18

Abstract Hydrodynamic lubrication characteristics of asymmetric rollers lubricated by non-Newtonian incompressible Bingham plastic fluid are analyzed in this work. It narrates the qualitative research with the rigid system in which the viscosity of the particular non-Newtonian Bingham plastic substance is considered to become the function of hydrodynamic pressure. The equations considered in this work like equation of motion along with continuity and energy equations are solved numerically using MATLAB after particular analytical steps. Resulting from this particular work, it is identified that there is some notable change in temperatures, pressure, load and traction forces with Newtonian More >

Miao Xin, Guo Zhong, Yihua Cao^*

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.16, No.6, pp. 1063-1092, 2020, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2020.013378 - 17 December 2020

Abstract A numerical method for the analysis of the electrothermal deicing system for an airfoil is developed taking into account mass and heat exchange at the moving boundary that separates the water film created due to droplet impingement and the ice accretion region. The method relies on a Eulerian approach (used to capture droplet dynamics) and an unsteady heat transfer model (specifically conceived for a multilayer electrothermal problem on the basis of the enthalpy theory and a phase-change correction approach). Through application of the continuous boundary condition for temperature and heat flux at the coupled movingboundary, More >

Limin Yuan¹, Yuejie Wu², Yan Qin², Huimin Yong², Jun Liu^2,*

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.8, No.12, pp. 1565-1579, 2020, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2020.014562 - 12 November 2020

Abstract Locust bean gum (LBG) is a typical galactomannan isolated from carob bean (Ceratonia siliqua L.) cultivated in the Mediterranean area. Due to its superior biodegradable, rheological and film-forming properties, LBG has been used alone or combined with other biopolymers (e.g., polysaccharides, proteins and lipids) to develop films. Till now, different kinds of functional ingredients (e.g., montmorillonite, bacteriocins, antibiotics, plant extract, essential oils and microbial cells) have been added into LBG-based films. Notably, the physical and functional properties of LBG-based films are affected by many factors, such as the structure of LBG, the type and content of More >

Yi Yang, Robert Nawrocki, Richard Voyles, Haiyan H. Zhang^*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.125, No.2, pp. 515-539, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2020.010165 - 12 October 2020

Abstract Equipped with a two-dimensional topological structure, a group of masses, springs and dampers can be demonstrated to model the internal dynamics of a thin-film transistor (TFT). In this paper, the two-dimensional Mass-Spring-Damper (MSD) representation of an inverted staggered TFT is proposed to explore the TFT’s internal stress/strain distributions, and the stress-induced effects on TFT’s electrical characteristics. The 2D MSD model is composed of a finite but massive number of interconnected cellular units. The parameters, such as mass, stiffness, and damping ratios, of each cellular unit are approximated from constitutive equations of the composite materials, while… More >

Xiao Luo^1,*, Hongying Chu², Mengqi Liu¹

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.8, No.10, pp. 1295-1304, 2020, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2020.011026 - 31 August 2020

Abstract Herein, epoxidized soybean oil methyl ester (ESOM) plasticizer was synthesized for the preparation of plasticized poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) films by the alcoholysis and epoxidation. The chemical structure of ESOM was investigated by infrared spectrum and ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance. The effect of content of ESOM and petroleum based plasticizer di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) on the performance of plasticized PVC films was studied. The result showed that substituting DEHP with ESOM can improve the thermal stability of plasticized PVC films. When the weight ratio of ESOM and PVC is fixed at 1:2, plasticized PVC film presents higher elongation More >

Farnaz Ismail¹, Mubashir Qayyum^{2, *}, Syed Inayat Ali Shah¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.124, No.3, pp. 825-845, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2020.011073 - 21 August 2020

Abstract Modeling and analysis of thin film flow with respect to magneto hydro dynamical effect has been an important theme in the field of fluid dynamics, due to its vast industrial applications. The analysis involves studying the behavior and response of governing equations on the basis of various parameters such as thickness of the film, film surface profile, shear stress, liquid velocity, volumetric flux, vorticity, gravity, viscosity among others, along with different boundary conditions. In this article, we extend this analysis in fractional space using a homotopy based scheme, considering the case of a Non-Newtonian Pseudo-Plastic… More >