In this paper, we propose a valveless micropump with an improved inlet/outlet channel configuration for biomedical applications. To do so, we added curved parts known as "ears" to a standard diffuser/nozzle shape. This new design will enlarge the flow rate values between both directions for the purpose of improving the valveless micropump efficienc...

By Ahmed Slami, Sofiane Soulimane

The results of a computational experiment on the analysis of the effectiveness of placing stiffeners on the outer side of the shell structure are presented. The calculations were carried out on the basis of a geometrically nonlinear mathematical model that takes into account transverse shears and orthotropy of the material. The calculation algorith...

By Alexey Semenov

In this article we present an experimental and numerical study of the behavior of the boundary layer type viscous flow in the presence of the thermal effect. The flow was held in a three-dimensional field with a uniform infinite velocity in the case of an adiabatic wall with heat input. The presented experimental work was performed in the Thermal L...

By Amar Berkache, Salah Amroune, Ali Golbaf, Barhm Mohamad

The objective of this study is to present numerical aspects related to the implementation of the interaction integral method for the purpose of determining the stress intensity factors in mode I and mixed-mode crack problems of functionally graded materials (FGM) and homogenous materials for a different form of cracking. This numerical development ...

By Ait Ferhat Yazid, Blaoui Mohamed Mossaab, Chorfi Hichem, Abacha Ilyes, Benchikh Lilia, Kebaili Maya, Boulenouar Abdelkader

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

Considering the important role of small parameter perturbation term in mechanical systems, the perturbed dynamic differential equations of Lagrange systems are established. The basic idea and method of solving ordinary differential equations by normal renormalization group method are transplanted into a kind of Lagrange mechanical systems, the reno...

By Zheng Mingliang

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

The difficulties associated with thrust-optimized contour nozzles have led to significant advances in our knowledge of the physical phenomena associated with flow separation. In this study, a fully implicit scheme is implemented using a combined weight function for splitting the flux to analyze the shock patterns in the optimized contour (TOC) that...

By Bensayah Khaled, Kamri Khadidja

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

The natural frequency of the cantilever beam for the tapered thickness in the current paper is estimated using a Raleigh-Ritz approach. The study explores the effect of different parameters on the behavior of the beam such as the length of beam “L”, thickness at clamped end “hc”, width...

By Nawal H. Al-Raheimy, Lekaa Hammed