Liang Tian¹, Zhigang Fang^{2, 3,*}

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.15, No.4, pp. 285-291, 2019, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2019.00285

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Pradeep M Kamath¹, C Balaji ², S P Venkateshan¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.9, No.2, pp. 111-126, 2013, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2013.009.111

Abstract This paper reports the results of an experimental study on the enhancement in the heat transfer from a heated aluminium plate placed in a vertical channeland filled with an aluminium metal foam. Hydrodynamic and heat transfer experiments have been conducted for different foam thicknesses. The results of the hy-drodynamic experiments show no significant variation in the pressure drop with anincrease in the foam thickness. However, an increase in the foam thickness contributes an average heat transfer enhancement of 2 to 4 times over an empty channelfor the same Reynolds number. Correlations for Nusselt number are also developedfor porous and empty… More >

E. Abhilash¹, M.A. Joseph¹, Prasad Krishna¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.2, No.3, pp. 211-220, 2006, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2006.002.211

Abstract Aluminium-Silicon alloys are in high de-mand as an engineering material for automotive,aerospace and other engineering applications. Mechanical properties of Al-Si alloys depend not only on chemical composition but also more importantly on microstructural features such as dendritic alpha-aluminiumphase and eutectic silicon particles. As an additive to Al-Si alloys, sodium improves mechanical properties byforming finer and fewer needles like microstructures.Thus, prediction of the macro and microstructures obtained at the end of the solidification is of great interest for the manufacturer of aluminium alloys. Neuralnetworks are sophisticated nonlinear regression routinesthat, when properly “trained”, allow for the identificationof complex relationships between a series… More >

V.G. Kozlov^1,2, A.A. Ivanova³, P. Evesque¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.2, No.3, pp. 203-210, 2006, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2006.002.203

Abstract Sedimentation of granular matter in a vertical channel filled with a viscous liquid and subject to longitudinal translational vibration is studied, starting froma compact suspension. A new vibrational effect is foundexperimentally and described theoretically; it is the formation of blocks (with a relatively high density) of sedimenting granular matter with stable lower and upper horizontal demarcations and a sharp density discontinuity. Owing to this phenomenon the sedimentation velocity of such granular matter is reduced. A new theoreticalmodel based on viscous vibrational particle interactionin the limit of concentrated suspensions is elaborated, assuming particle-particle attraction in direction parallel tovibration and particle-particle repulsion… More >

Koichi Kakimoto, Lijun Liu

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.2, No.3, pp. 167-174, 2006, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2006.002.167

Abstract This paper deals with the investigation of the flow instability of molten silicon in a magnetic field during crystal growth by means of the Czochralski method. The flow exhibits a three-dimensional structure due to a transverse non-axisymmetric pattern of the magnetic field. The melt-crystal interface is found to be nearly two-dimensional. The azimuthal non-uniformity of the temperature field is much weaker on the crystal and crucible sidewalls in the case of high rotation rates of crucible and crystal than in the case of non-rotating crucible and crystal. More >

Y.R. Li¹, L. Peng¹, W.Y. Shi¹, N. Imaishi²

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.2, No.3, pp. 153-166, 2006, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2006.002.153

Abstract The convective instabilities in semiconduc-tor or oxide melts, significantly affect the quality oflarge crystals grown from the melts by the Czochralskimethod. This paper reviewsour recent numerical stud-ies of thermal convection in annular pools of low-Pr sili-con melt and moderate-Pr silicone oil. The mechanismsof the convective instability are discussed and the criticalconditions for the onset of three-dimensional flow are de-termined. The results show that the hydrothermal wave,characterized by curved spokes, is dominant in a shallowthin pool. In a thick pool of the low-Pr silicon melt, thereappears a standing wave type of oscillatory longitudinalrolls, which moves in the azimuthal direction and looksvery… More >

Xiaorui Cheng^{1, 2, *}, Hongxing Chen¹, Xiaoquan Wang¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.15, No.3, pp. 271-284, 2019, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2019.07250

Abstract In order to study the influence of the wrap angle relating to the space guide vane of a submersible well pump (250QJ125) on the flow field and pump performance, seven possible configurations have been considered (obtained by changing the blade wrap angle while keeping unchanged all the other parameters). Such configurations have been numerically simulated in the framework of a computational model based on the Reynolds time-averaged N-S equations, the RNG k-ε turbulence approach and the SIMPLE algorithm. The impact exerted by different wrap angles of the guide vane on the performance of the pump, the internal losses of the… More >

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 >

N. Vijaya¹, G. Venkata Ramana Reddy^{1, *}, Y. Hara Krishna¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.15, No.3, pp. 233-251, 2019, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2019.03727

Abstract This paper investigates the problem of oblique hydro magnetic stagnation point flow of an electrically conducting Casson fluid over stretching sheet embedded in a doubly stratified medium in the presence of thermal radiation and heat source/absorption with first order chemical reaction. It is assumed that the fluid impinges on the wall obliquely. Similarity variables were used to convert the partial differential equations to ordinary differential equations. The transformed ordinary differential equations are solved numerically using Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg method with shooting technique. It is observed that a boundary layer is formed when the stretching velocity of the surface is less than the… More >

MD. Shamshuddin^{1, *}, C. Balarama Krishna²

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.15, No.3, pp. 207-231, 2019, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2019.00449

Abstract Mathematical model for an unsteady, incompressible, electrically conducting micropolar fluid past a vertical plate through porous medium with constant plate velocity has been investigated in the present study. Heat absorption, Joulian dissipation, and firstorder chemical reaction is also considered. Under the assumption of low Reynolds number, the governing transport equations are rendered into non-dimensional form and the transformed first order differential equations are solved by employing an efficient finite element method. Influence of various flow parameters on linear velocity, microrotation velocity, temperature, and concentration are presented graphically. The effects of heat absorption and chemical reaction rate decelerate the flow is… More >