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

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 lateral boundary conditions, rotation rates parameters, domain size, cylinder diameter, and Reynolds number are all responsible for the variation of the Strouhal number. In this study, we have varied the domain size, lateral boundary conditions, downstream locations, and the cylinder diameter at specific values of Reynolds number for stationary...

By Marouane Essahraoui, Rachid El Bouayadi, Aouatif Saad

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

Laminar flow, heat transfer and mass transfer of nanofluid in a porous medium have been studied using Buongiorno’s two phase model. The porous medium in place is a non-uniform octagonal shape. In order to increase the rate of heat transfer within the porous cavity, it has been equipped with a heated square at different vertical p...

By Fatima-Z Khelif, Mustapha Helmaoui, Mohamed Bouzit, Abderrahim Mokhefi

Stability of stratified incompressible viscoelastic plasma arranged in horizontal strata with quantum pressure and dust particles saturated by a porous medium is investigated. The rheology of the plasma is described by the Walters (model B). The set of non-linear partial differential equations defining the physical system are reduced to linear ordi...

By Anukampa Thakur, Veena Sharma, Gian C. Rana