In this study, a new numerical method based on the combination of High Exploration Particle Swarm Optimization (HEPSO) and Moving Least Squares (MLS) is introduced to solve nonlinear porous media equations. The MLS scheme is employed to describe an appropriate discretized function, and the penalty method is implemented to convert the constrained pr...

By Mohammad Javad Mahmoodabadi, Ali Reza Ghanizadeh

In this research, analysis of entropy generation for mixed convection fluid flow in a trapezoidal enclosure is numerically investigated. To achieve this goal, the influences of Grashof number, Reynolds number and inclination angle of enclosure side walls on the distributions of the velocity and temperature fields and the values of entropy generatio...

By Meysam Atashafrooz, Mohsen Shafie

In this paper, the governing equations of continuity and momentum subjected to suitable boundary conditions have been solved numerically to investigate the fluid flow in stirred vessel of two-bladed impeller. The numerical simulations have been carried out in three-dimensions for laminar flow. The studied fluid was considered Newtonian and incompre...

By Houssem Laidoudi

The onset of thermal instability in a dielectric rotating nanofluid layer saturating a porous medium with vertical AC electric field is investigated by employing Darcy model for porous medium. The rheology of the nanofluid is described by Walters’ (model B’) for calculating the shear stresses from the velocity gradients. The employed mo...

By Gian C. Rana, Poonam Gautam, Hemlata Saxena

A stress-strain history in the material of real concrete structures is usually unknown. An effect of concrete degradation is analyzed to describe how the initial degradation parameter can describe the stress-strain history. The idea is to introduce the initial damage of the structure by the degradation parameter to calculate the internal variables ...

By Dragan Rakić, Vladimir Dunić, Miroslav Živković, Nenad Grujović, Dejan Divac

The article proposed a general research scheme of heat transfer process in multilayer constructions for three basic geometric forms in order to simulate fire distribution. The scheme is based on linear differential equations, the Fourier method and the modified method of Eigen functions. The work considers five different layers’ design and do...

By Roman M. Tatsiy, Oleg Yu Pazen, Sergiy Ya. Vovk, Lubomyr Ya. Ropyak, Tetiana O. Pryhorovska

This article discusses a method for calculating the dynamic characteristics of thin-walled viscoelastic composite pipes made by continuous winding under the influence of internal hydrodynamic pressures. The solution is based on an approximate energy method based on the instant theory of shells and the second-order Lagrange equation. Initial technol...

By Muhsin Kh. Muhsin Kh., Ismail I. Safarov, Mirziyod Mirsaidov

The performance of a magnetic fluid based short bearing is examined with the effect of viscosity variation. The pressure temperature relation of Tipei (1962) concerning viscosity variation is adopted here. The Neuringer-Rosensweig’s model has been considered for the magnetic fluid flow. The related modified Reynolds type equation is solved fo...

By Jimit R. Patel, Gunamani Deheri

The flow on the upper surface of NACA 0015 airfoil is subject to an adverse pressure gradient when the incidence increases. This leads to the boundary layer separation which causes losses in the aerodynamic performances. Control using Vortex Generators (VGs) is a simple passive mean used to delay or eliminate the flow separation from the wall. The ...

By Hocine Tebbiche, Mohammed Saîd Boutoudj

This research deals with the study of the irreversibility of three-dimensional mixed convection flow in an inclined duct with step. To reach this goal, an analysis of entropy generation is carried out according to the second law of thermodynamics. The effects of buoyancy force on the flow irreversibility are analyzed with all details. The results s...

By Meysam Atashafrooz, Tahereh Asadi