Emmanuel Maurice Arthur^*, Timothy Ayando, Yakubu Ibrahim Seini

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.6, pp. 1-10, 2015, DOI:10.5098/hmt.6.21

Abstract The combined effects of chemical reaction and viscous dissipation on hydromagnetic mixed convective flow towards a vertical plate embedded in a highly porous medium with radiation and internal heat generation has been examined. The governing boundary layer equations have been transformed to a two-point boundary value problem using a local similarity approach and solved numerically using the Newton Raphson shooting method alongside the Fourth-order Runge - Kutta algorithm. The effects of various embedded parameters on fluid velocity, temperature and concentration have been presented graphically whilst the skin friction coefficient and the rates of heat and mass transfers have been tabulated… More >

J. K. Singh^a,*, N. Joshi^a , S. G. Begum^a, C. T. Srinivasa^b

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.7, pp. 1-12, 2016, DOI:10.5098/hmt.7.24

Abstract In the present analytical study, we have considered unsteady hydromagnetic heat and mass transfer natural convection flow of an electrically conducting, heat absorbing and chemically reacting fluid past an exponentially accelerated vertical plate in a uniform porous medium taking Hall current and rotation into account. The species concentration near the plate is considered to be varies linearly with time. Two particular cases for plate temperature are considered i.e. (i) plate temperature is uniform and (ii) plate temperature varies linearly with time and after some time it is maintained at uniform temperature. The coupled partial differential equations governing the fluid flow… More >

Yun Lei^1,2,*

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.19, No.12, pp. 3021-3032, 2023, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2023.029570

Abstract The highly inefficient simultaneous extraction of coal and gas from low-permeability and high-gas coal seams in deep mines is a major problem often restricting the sustainable development of coal industry. A possible way to solve this problem under deep and complex geological conditions is represented by the technology based on the phase-change induced explosion of liquid carbon dioxide. In this work, the mechanism of formation of the coal mass fracture circle resulting from the gas cracking process is theoretically analyzed. Numerical simulations show that a blasting crushing zone with a radius of 1.0 m is formed around the blasting hole.… More >

Jin Cai¹, Xiangwei Kong^1,*, Mingzhu Yu^1,2

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.19, No.11, pp. 2791-2812, 2023, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2023.029692

Abstract Iron ore sintering is a pre-treatment technology by which ore fines are converted into porous and permeable sinters, which are the used in blast furnaces. This process can be adversely affected by air leakage phenomena of various types. As experimental measurements are relatively difficult and often scarcely reliable, here a theoretical model based on typical fluid-dynamic concepts and relationships is elaborated. Through the analysis of two extreme cases, namely, those in which leakage is due to a small hole or a full rupture, a generalized hole-bed model is introduced, which for the first time also includes a complete bed permeability… More > Graphic Abstract

S.R.R. Reddy^a , P. Bala Anki Reddy^a,*, S. Suneetha^b

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.10, pp. 1-10, 2018, DOI:10.5098/hmt.10.22

Abstract Present work aims to investigate the blood stream in a permeable vessel in the presence of an external magnetic field with heat and mass transfer. The instability in the coupled flow and temperature fields is considered to be produced due to the time-dependent extending velocity and the surface temperature of the vessel. The non-uniform heat source/sink effects on a chemically responded blood stream and heat viscous. This study is of potential value in the clinical healing of cardiovascular disorders accompanied by accelerated circulation. The problem is treated mathematically by reducing it to a system of joined non-linear differential equations, which… More >

Yue Liang, Wenxuan Dai, Wei Chen^*

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.19, No.10, pp. 2639-2659, 2023, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2023.027622

Abstract Glass powder of various particle sizes (2, 5, 10 and 15 μm) has been assessed as a possible cement substitute for mortars. Different replacement rates of cement (5%, 10%, 15%, and 20%) have been considered for all particle sizes. The accessible porosity, compressive strength, gas permeability and microstructure have been investigated accordingly. The results have shown that adding glass powder up to 20% has a significantly negative effect on the porosity and compressive strength of mortar. The compressive strength initially rises with a 5% replacement and then decreases. Similarly, the gas permeability of the mortar displays a non-monotonic behavior; first, it… More >

V.S. Sampath Kumar, N.P. Pai^† , B. Devaki

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, pp. 1-13, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.30

Abstract In the present study, we consider Casson fluid flow between two porous plates with permeability criteria in the presence of heat transfer and magnetic effect. A proper set of similarity transformations simplify the Navier-Stokes equations to non-linear ODEs with boundary conditions. The homotopy perturbation method is an efficient and stable method which is used to get solutions. Further, the results obtained are compared with the solution computed through an effective and efficient finite difference approach. The purpose of this analysis is to study the four different cases arise viz: suction, injection, mixed suction and mixed injection in this problem, along… More >

Fei Liu¹, Dongliang Zhang^2,*, Qifu Zhu¹, Qingyong Su¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.19, No.9, pp. 2345-2359, 2023, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2023.027084

Abstract A hill can be regarded as an environmental carrier of heat. Water, rocks and the internal moisture naturally present in such environment constitute a natural heat accumulator. In the present study, the heat and moisture transfer characteristics in a representative hill cave have been simulated via a method relying on the Darcy’s law. The simulations have been conducted for both steady and unsteady conditions to discern the influence of permeability and geometric parameters on the thermal and moisture transfer processes. The reliability of the simulation has been verified through comparison of the numerical results with the annual observation data. As… More > Graphic Abstract

Fangzhou Wang^a,* , Gennifer A. Riley^b, Munonyedi Egbo^c, Melanie M. Derby^b, Gisuk Hwang^c, Xianglin Li^a,†

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.15, pp. 1-8, 2020, DOI:10.5098/hmt.15.1

Abstract This study conducts pore-scale simulations and experiments to estimate the permeability of two different types of porous materials: metal foams and sintered copper particles with porosities of approximately 0.9 and 0.4, respectively. The integration of micro X-ray computed tomography with pore-scale computational fluid dynamics simulations develops a unique tool to capture the pore-scale geometry of porous media and accurately predict non-isotropic permeability of porous media. The pore-scale simulation not only results in improved prediction accuracy but also has the capability to capture non-isotropic properties of heterogeneous materials, which is a huge challenge for empirical correlations, volume averaged simulations, and simulations… More >

Mian Wang¹, Yongbin Zhang^2,*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.18, pp. 1-5, 2022, DOI:10.5098/hmt.18.7

Abstract Blood capillaries are the ends of blood vessel tissues in human bodies, which are importantly functioned as exchanging the nutrients between bloods and interstitial fluids. Most blood capillaries such as in skins, skeletal muscles, cardiac muscles and lungs etc. have the walls with massively distributed cylindrical nanopores with diameters around from 50nm to 60nm. These pores are the only channels for transporting water, oxygen, carbon dioxide and ions, while preventing all the substances with the diameters greater than 60nm or a little more from passing through. The present paper presents the analytical results for the water permeability through these pores… More >