Recent studies have attempted to find methods and techniques that enable the development of heat transfer within thermal transformers. For this purpose, this paper includes a numerical simulation of a non-Newtonian fluid inside a chamber with four hot bodies. The chamber is exposed to a magnetic field of constant and uniform intensity. Also, the up...

By Yamina Anouar

This paper presents a comparative analysis of numerical simulations of blood flow through the left ventricle using SPH (LS-DYNA) and FVM (Ansys Fluent) solvers. Numerical simulations based on SPH and FVM methods can provide a more comprehensive understanding of cardiac blood flow patterns. In Fluent, left ventricle walls were modeled as boundary co...

By Marko Topalović, Aleksandar Bodić, Miloš, S. Pešić,, Miljan S. Milošević, Miroslav M. Živković

In a compound parabolic solar collector, a glass cover is normally used for decreasing the rate of heat loss from the absorber. In this paper, a solar collector with two glass covers and a concentration ratio of 1.6 is simulated and examined for the purpose of higher performance. The distance between covers is 45 mm and the cavity of solar collecto...

By Mohammad Omidpanah, Seyyed Abdolreza Gandjalikhan Nassab

Accurate prediction of stress and displacement in plates with central cracks is vital for engineering design safety. However, the impact of finite plate size on stress and displacement distribution is an important factor that has not been fully addressed in previous studies, highlighting the need for further investigation. Thus, this study presents...

By Ali Ehsan Seif, Mohammad Zaman Kabir

The use of complex fluids is one of the modern techniques used in small devices in order to enhance their thermal performance. This paper is a numerical study of a complex fluid imprisoned in a chamber with two hot bodies exposed to a magnetic field of constant intensity. The upper and lower walls move horizontally at a constant velocity, while the...

By Abdeljalil Benmansour, Hacène Hamoudi

The present study discusses one dimensional groundwater infiltration phenomenon in unsaturated soil. The mathematical formulation is developed using Dracy’s law, equation of continuity, and standard relations between diffusivity coefficient and hydraulic conductivity. We solved the obtained system using double power series method...

By Pragneshkumar R. Makwana, Amit K. Parikh

This paper aims to predict the behavior of a complex fluid though a small-sized thermal exchanger. The fluid used is of shear-thickening type of power-law index (n = 1.4) and Prandtl number (Pr = 50). The Ostwald model was utilized to define the dynamic viscosity. The exchanger consists of three rectangular cross-section tubes placed inside a therm...

By Hacène Hamoudi, Mohamed Bouzit

The combined effect of Soret-Dufour, higher-order chemical reaction and variable thermophysical properties on nonlinear thermal and solutal convective flow of a non-Newtonian fluid (Casson nanofluid) over a slanted surface is analyzed. The nonlinear dimensionless equations governing the fluid flow are transformed into ordinary differential equation...

By Timothy Lanre Oyekunle, Mojeed Taiwo Akolade, Samson Ademola Agunbiade

In the last few years, the thermo-hydraulic simulation of nanofluid flow bifurcation phenomena has become of great interest to researchers and a useful tool in many engineering applications. FVM has been employed in this article to numerically explore the laminar water flow over a backward facing channel with or without carbon nanoparticles (CN). T...

By Sandip Saha, Vallampati Ramachandra Prasad, Osman Anwar Bég

In the present paper, an attempt has been made to study the effect of temperature gradient on simply supported symmetric sandwich beam. A Navier’s solution technique is used. The temperature profile is assumed to be linear across the thickness of a sandwich beam. A higher order beam theory (HBT) is used to include the effect of s...

By Sanjay Kantrao Kulkarni, Yuwaraj Marotrao Ghugal