Houda Jalali^{1, ∗}, Hassan Abbassi¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.15, No.3, pp. 253-270, 2019, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2019.03896

Abstract The addition of nanoparticles into liquid, even at low concentrations, leads to an increase in both, dynamic viscosity and thermal conductivity. Furthermore, the increase in temperature causes an increase in thermal conductivity and a decrease in the nanofluid viscosity. In this context, a numerical investigation of the competition between viscosity and thermal conductivity about their effects on heat transfer by Al₂O₃-water nanofluid was conducted. A numerical study of heat transfer in a square cavity, filled with Al₂O₃-water nanofluid and heated from the left side, was presented in this paper. Continuity, momentum, and thermal energy equations are solved by the finite… More >

Jiegang Mou¹, Fengye Zhang^{1, *}, Haoshuai Wang¹, Denghao Wu¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.15, No.3, pp. 187-205, 2019, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2019.04657

Abstract The self-priming process of a pump involves a complex gas-liquid two-phase flow. Studying the distribution of gas and water and the evolution of their flow in the pump is of great importance to optimize this process and shorten the pump self-priming time. In the present study, a standard k-ε turbulence model and a multiphase flow model have been used to simulate the self-priming pump process considering four different reflux hole areas. A comparison of the distribution of air and water distribution on the axial surface and inside the volume have been carried out for the different considered cases. The pattern… More >

A. Ja¹, A. Cheddadi¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.13, No.4, pp. 235-249, 2017, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2017.013.235

Abstract This paper reports on the natural convection within a very narrow horizontal annular cavity filled with a porous medium saturated by a binary fluid. The main objective of this study is the identification of the effect of Lewis number on the flow structure and on the heat and mass transfer rates, in a cavity of very small radius ratio R=1.05, in the case of equal buoyancy forces (N=1), for a Rayleigh number Ra=50. The dimensionless governing equations were solved by the centered Finite Difference method using the ADI scheme. Several multicellular flows appear during the variation of the Lewis number,… More >

F. Dierich¹, P.A. Nikrityuk¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.64, No.3, pp. 251-266, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.064.251

Abstract This work presents a numerical investigation of the influence of the roughness of a cylindrical particle on the drag coefficient and the Nusselt number at low Reynolds numbers up to 40. The heated cylindrical particle is placed horizontally in a uniform flow. Immersed boundary method (IBM) with a continuous forcing on a fixed Cartesian grid is used. The governing equations are the Navier Stokes equation and the conservation of energy. A finite-volume based discretization and the SIMPLE algorithm with collocated-variables and Rie-Chow stabilization were used to solve the set of equations. Numerical simulations showed that the impact of the roughness… More >

G. Suguinoshita¹, C. H. Silva¹, M. A. Luersen^{1, *}

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.117, No.1, pp. 59-71, 2018, DOI:10.31614/cmes.2018.01777

Abstract This paper describes a study of the effects of graphite nodule characteristics on a subsurface crack in austempered ductile iron (ADI). A representative specimen of ADI, subjected to sliding contact load, is modeled using finite elements aiming to obtain the shear stress intensity factor (K_II). The parameters varied were (i) the nodule diameter (two different values were considered), (ii) the distance between the nodule and the tip of the crack and (iii) the position of the load relative to the tip of the crack. The results of the numerical simulations show that the smaller diameter nodule has a larger influence… More >

Li Jicheng, Lin Li, Wu Di, Li Ximeng

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.17, No.2, pp. 43-44, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.017.043

Abstract Two kinds of plasma sprayed Cr2O3 coating specimens are tested with electro-mechanical impedance (EMI) method. Quantitative investigation on the relationship between PZT excitation voltage and sensitivity of EMI method is performed in the frequency range of 100-110 kHz, with WK 6500B precision impedance analyzer and high excitation voltage electric impedance measurement system (HEVEIMS). A series of excitation voltage are designed from 0.01 to 15 V. Root mean square deviation (RMSD) of the PZT electric impedance signatures is used as an evaluation indicator. The results show that in the frequency range of 100-110 kHz, the RMSD values are not monotone with… More >

Lin Li, Li Jicheng, Wu Di, Li Ximeng

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.17, No.2, pp. 39-40, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.017.039

Abstract Two kinds of plasma sprayed Cr2O3 coatings are tested with electro-mechanical impedance (EMI) method. The influence of frequency band on the testing sensitivity of EMI method is investigated in kHz and MHz frequency ranges. The frequency shifts and root mean square deviation (RMSD) of the PZT electric impedance signatures are used as evaluation indicator. The variation of EMI sensitivity is investigated on 8 frequency bands with high mode density in the frequency ranges of 0.1-600 kHz and 1-10 MHz. The results show that in the low frequency range, the frequency shifts increase and the RMSD values first increase and then… More >

X.H. Du, X.P. Shen

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.16, No.3, pp. 81-82, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.016.081

Abstract Aim of this paper is to simulate the fluid-structure interaction of liquefied natural gas (LNG) prestressed storage tank under seismic influence. The coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian (CEL) analysis technique is used to simulate the hydrodynamic interaction between LNG and the cylinder of LNG prestressed storage tank. The 3-D model of LNG has been dispersed by Eulerian mesh which is different from traditional added mass analysis method. Meanwhile, both of the 3-D models of prestressed rebar and concrete structure are dispersed by Lagrangian mesh. Following conclusions are obtained: 1) Natural frequency of the whole model has been obtained by using the Block Lanczos… More >

LIU Yong-jie, TIAN Ren-hui, OUYANG Qiao-lin, WANG Qing-yuan

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.16, No.1, pp. 5-6, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.016.005

Abstract Ti-6Al-4V is widely used in biology engineering as well medical implant. Clinical investigations show that TC4 implant could have rupture of passivation film and visible corrosion. To predict service life of the Ti-6Al-4V implant, it is necessary to study its ultra-high cycle fatigue behaviors in physiological environment exceeding 10⁷ cycles. In this paper, using the ultrasonic fatigue testing technique, the high cycle and ultra-high cycle fatigue properties of Ti-6Al-4V subjection to simulated body fluid (SBF) in body temperature were studied and compared with that of normal Ti-6Al-4V. The experimental results show that SBF subjection has slight influence on the ultra-high… More >

Long Jiao^1,2, Zhibin Wang^1,2, Rong Chen^1,2,*, Xun Zhu^1,2, Qiang Liao^1,2, Dingding Ye^1,2, Biao Zhang^1,2

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.22, No.3, pp. 144-146, 2019, DOI:10.32604/icces.2019.04734

Abstract With the advances in micro total analysis systems (µTAS), the droplet-based microfluidics, which manipulates mini discrete droplets in an immiscible continuous phase to accomplish various detections, has been applied to many fields including medicine, pharmacy, fine-chemistry and biotechnology as it offers distinct advantages, such as small diffusion length, high-throughput, precise control and integratability [1]. As compared to the continuous-flow microfluidics, the samples in the droplet-based microfluidics are isolated by a defined droplet/continuous phase interface, avoiding the cross contamination and resulting in a controllable reaction environment. In the droplet-based microfluidics, the control of the droplet temperature with prominent temporal spatial resolution… More >