CH. Baby Rani^a , N. Vedavathi^b , K.S. Balamurugan^c, G. Dharmaiah^d,*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.14, pp. 1-11, 2020, DOI:10.5098/hmt.14.6

Abstract The present work provides an analysis of the Dufour, radiation absorption, Hall and ion slip effects on MHD free convective rotating flow of Agwater based nanofluid past a semi-infinite permeable moving plate with constant heat source. In this regard, metal will be considered as nanoparticles with water as base fluid. Governing nonlinear boundary layer equations and boundary conditions are transformed into a system of nonlinear ordinary coupled differential equations and are solved by perturbation technique. Effects of different parameters on skin friction coefficient, local Nusselt number and Local Sherwood number are also discussed. More >

Yu Chen^a , Shen Du^a, Dong Li^a, Yang Gao^b, Ya-Ling He^a,*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.15, pp. 1-13, 2020, DOI:10.5098/hmt.15.19

Abstract Non-uniform heating and vapor blockage deteriorate the effectiveness of transpiration cooling, and an optimization method by using porous media with a gradually-changed structure is proposed. The numerical tool based on a two-phase mixture model and local thermal non-equilibrium assumption considering variable properties of coolant is applied. Porous media with linearly-changed porosity or particle diameter is analyzed. The transient results presented that the structure of gradually-changed porosity (or particle diameter) with appropriate parameters can delay the heat transfer deterioration. And it is confirmed that the present theoretical model is an effective tool for optimization design of transpiration cooling system. More >

Elyazid Flilihi^a,† , Mohammed Sriti^b, Driss Achemlal^a, Mohamed El haroui^c

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.17, pp. 1-6, 2021, DOI:10.5098/hmt.17.7

Abstract In this work, a numerical simulation of steady and laminar free convection flow over a heated vertical flat plate embedded in a saturated porous medium by a Newtonian fluid is presented and analyzed. The Brinkman-Forchheimer extension of Darcy’s law has been adopted to describe the movement of fluid within the porous matrix. A numerical solution of the governing continuity, momentum and energy equations was made with the appropriate boundary conditions using ANSYS/FLUENT software based on finite volume method. The found results are graphically presented and physically discussed for main controling parameters. Subsequently, we compared our CFD calculation by the results… More >

Bamdeb Dey^a,† , Bhrigu Kumar Kalita^b, Rita Choudhury^b

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.18, pp. 1-8, 2022, DOI: 10.5098/hmt.18.32

Abstract In this paper, we attempt to analyze the effects of radiation and chemical reactions on laminar boundary layer flow of an electrically conducting unsteady viscoelastic incompressible fluid flow along a vertical semi-infinite plate passing through porous channel. The coupled nonlinear partial differential equations for energy, momentum, and mass diffusions are solved analytically with the use of perturbation technique. Moreover, the analytical expressions for fluid velocity, temperature, and concentration distributions are obtained and interpreted using the software MATLAB. The enhancement of velocity is prominent with the growth of G_r, G_m, N_r and K_r but a reverse pattern is observed with the… More >

Bhagawan Singh Yadav, Sushila Choudhary^†

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.18, pp. 1-10, 2022, DOI:10.5098/hmt.18.18

Abstract The present study concentrates on squeeze MHD flow of Casson fluid between parallel plates surrounded by a porous medium. The influence of melting, viscous dissipation and thermal radiation on the heat transfer process is disclosed. The characteristics of mass transport are detected with chemical reactions. Suitable similarity transforms are used to convert the partial differential equations into a system of ordinary differential equations. The transformed equations are solved using the bvp4c matlab solver with the shooting method. Our present study concluded that fluid velocity has direct relation with melting parameter while it is reciprocally related to squeezing parameter and reverse… More >

D. Santhi Kumari^a,* , Venkata Subrahmanyam Sajja^a , P. M. Kishore^b,†

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, pp. 1-11, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.5

Abstract The aim of present study is an influence of viscous dissipation and heat source on an unsteady MHD mixed convective, fluid flow past an impulsively started oscillating plate embedded in a porous medium in presence of magnetic field, heat and mass transfer. The modeling equations are converted to dimensionless equations then solved through Galerkin finite element method and discussed in the flow distributions with the help of MATLAB. Numerical results for the velocity, temperature and concentration distributions as well as the skin-friction coefficient, Nusselt number and Sherwood number are discussed in detail and displayed graphically for various physical parameters. It… More >

Nour El Houda Ben Mustaphaa^1,3,*, Ibtissem Boumnijel¹, M. El-Ganaoui², Daoued Mihoubi¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.19, No.6, pp. 1339-1348, 2023, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2023.022888

Abstract Drying of a deformable saturated porous medium based on convective tempering is a novel method that can enhance energy efficiency and the quality of the dried product itself. In this experimental investigation, the performances of this specific technique are compared with those of a standard stationary drying process in terms of deformation, drying kinetics, moisture redistribution, and energy consumption. In particular, the response of a deformable saturated porous medium (Kaolin) is considered. The results are critically discussed pointing out advantages and drawbacks. More > Graphic Abstract

U. S. Mahabaleshwar¹, T. Anusha1 and M. Hatami^2,*

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.19, No.2, pp. 541-567, 2023, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2022.022002

Abstract The unsteady stagnation-point flow of a hybrid nanofluid over a stretching/shrinking sheet embedded in a porous medium with mass transpiration and chemical reactions is considered. The momentum and mass transfer problems are combined to form a system of partial differential equations, which is converted into a set of ordinary differential equations via similarity transformation. These ordinary differential equations are solved analytically to obtain the solution for velocity and concentration profiles in exponential and hypergeometric forms, respectively. The concentration profile is obtained for four different cases namely constant wall concentration, uniform mass flux, general power law wall con-centration and general power… More >

Nourhan I. Ghoneim^1,*, Ahmed M. Megahed²

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.19, No.2, pp. 407-419, 2023, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2022.020508

Abstract A mathematical model is elaborated for the laminar flow of an Eyring-Powell fluid over a stretching sheet. The considered non-Newtonian fluid has Prandtl number larger than one. The effects of variable fluid properties and heat generation/absorption are also discussed. The balance equations for fluid flow are reduced to a set of ordinary differential equations through a similarity transformation and solved numerically using a Chebyshev spectral scheme. The effect of various parameters on the rate of heat transfer in the thermal boundary regime is investigated, i.e., thermal conductivity, the heat generation/absorption ratio and the mixed convection parameter. Good agreement appears to… More >

Saad Adjal^1,*, Sabiha Aklouche-Benouaguef¹, Belkacem Zeghmati²

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.18, No.5, pp. 1389-1397, 2022, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2022.021619

Abstract Two-dimensional transient laminar natural convection in a square cavity containing a porous medium and inclined at an angle of 30∘ is investigated numerically. The vertical walls are differentially heated, and the horizontal walls are adiabatic. The effect of Rayleigh number on heat transfer and on the road to chaos is analyzed. The natural heat transfer and the Darcy Brinkman equations are solved by using a finite volume method and a Tri Diagonal Matrix Algorithm (TDMA). The results are obtained for a porosity equal to 0.45, a Darcy number and a Prandtl respectively equal to 10⁻³ and 0.71; they are analyzed… More >