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Effect of momentum flow ratio on entrainment of a confined coaxial jet in a co-flow Eng. Appl. Comput. Fluid Mech. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-15 N. Martin Östman, I. A. Sofia Larsson, T. Staffan Lundström, Daniel Marjavaara, Fredrik Normann
Iron ore pellet production processes produce large amounts of CO2 emissions when burning fossil fuels. One example is the grate-kiln process, where normally a coal flame is used to indurate pellets...
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Analysis of reflection of wave propagation in magneto-thermoelastic nonlocal micropolar orthotropic medium at impedance boundary Int. J. Numer. Methods Heat Fluid Flow (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-07-22 Anand Kumar Yadav, Hari Shankar Mahato, Sangeeta Kumari, Pawel Jurczak
Purpose This study aims to examine the plane wave reflection problem in micropolar orthotropic magneto-thermoelastic half space, considering the influence of impedance as a boundary in a nonlocal elasticity. Design/methodology/approach This study presents the novel formulation of governing partial differential equations for micropolar orthotropic medium with impact of nonlocal thermo-elasticity under
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Naval Engineering Pioneer Raye J. Montague (1935–2018) Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech. (IF 25.4) Pub Date : 2024-07-18 Jaye Falls
Raye Jean Montague (1935–2018) was a computer programmer and self-taught engineer who was at the forefront of modernizing naval architecture and naval engineering through the use of computer-aided design. In this biographical review, she is referred to as Montague, the surname she had for much of her professional life. Since she was a working engineer rather than a scholar, she did not create a publication
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Numerical investigation of angle parameters of tip sails for improvement of aircraft flight performance Eng. Appl. Comput. Fluid Mech. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-11 Minghao Yang, Shu Li, Xiao Bian, Jiayang Liu
Inspired by the tip feathers of soaring birds, the device of tip sails was designed and installed on the wing to achieve drag reduction. The influences of design parameters including cant angles, t...
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Impact of activation energy and cross-diffusion effects on 3D convective rotating nanoliquid flow in a non-Darcy porous medium Int. J. Numer. Methods Heat Fluid Flow (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-07-16 Sivasankaran Sivanandam, Turki J. Alqurashi, Hashim M. Alshehri
Purpose This study aims to investigate numerically the impact of the three-dimensional convective nanoliquid flow on a rotating frame embedded in the non-Darcy porous medium in the presence of activation energy. The cross-diffusion effects, i.e. Soret and Dufour effects, and heat generation are included in the study. The convective heating condition is applied on the bounding surface. Design/methodology/approach
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Godunov-type scheme for air–water transient pipe flow considering variable heat transfer and laboratorial validation Eng. Appl. Comput. Fluid Mech. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-08 Ling Zhou, Qian-Xun Chen, Yun-Jie Li, Rui-Lin Feng, Zi-Jian Xue
A robust comprehensive energy dissipation model is developed to investigate the rapid filling process of a T-shaped bifurcated pipeline with entrapped air pocket, while an experimental system is de...
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MHD conjugate mixed convection along with internal heat generation and Joule heating in a closed/open cavity with rotating solid cylinder Int. J. Numer. Methods Heat Fluid Flow (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-07-16 Nahid Hasan, Sumon Saha
Purpose This study aims to investigate magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) conjugate pure mixed convection considering interior heat production and resistive heating inside a square closed/open cavity featuring a rotating cylinder for aiding (clockwise) and opposing (counterclockwise) flow configurations. Moreover, the impacts of altering cylinder size and conductivity on the system’s overall performance to
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Convective heat transfer with Hall current using magnetized non-Newtonian Carreau fluid model on the cilia-attenuated flow Int. J. Numer. Methods Heat Fluid Flow (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-07-16 Fehid Ishtiaq, R. Ellahi, M.M. Bhatti, Sadiq M. Sait
Purpose Cilia serves numerous biological functions in the human body. Malfunctioning of nonmotile or motile cilia will have different kinds of consequences for human health. More specifically, the directed and rhythmic beat of motile cilia facilitates the unidirectional flow of fluids that are crucial in both homeostasis and the development of ciliated tissues. In cilia-dependent hydrodynamic flows
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Non-Fourier computations of heat and mass transport in nanoscale solid-fluid interactions using the Galerkin finite element method Int. J. Numer. Methods Heat Fluid Flow (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-07-12 Abdulaziz Alsenafi, Fares Alazemi, M. Nawaz
Purpose To improve the thermal performance of base fluid, nanoparticles of three types are dispersed in the base fluid. A novel theory of non-Fourier heat transfer is used for design and development of models. The thermal performance of sample fluids is compared to determine which types of combination of nanoparticles are the best for an optimized enhancement in thermal performance of fluids. This
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Physics-informed neural networks (P INNs): application categories, trends and impact Int. J. Numer. Methods Heat Fluid Flow (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-07-10 Mohammad Ghalambaz, Mikhail A. Sheremet, Mohammed Arshad Khan, Zehba Raizah, Jana Shafi
Purpose This study aims to explore the evolving field of physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) through an analysis of 996 records retrieved from the Web of Science (WoS) database from 2019 to 2022. Design/methodology/approach WoS database was analyzed for PINNs using an inhouse python code. The author’s collaborations, most contributing institutes, countries and journals were identified. The trends
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Numerical simulation of natural convection in a differentially heated cubical cavity with solid fins Int. J. Numer. Methods Heat Fluid Flow (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-07-10 Xuan Hoang Khoa Le, Hakan F. Öztop, Mikhail A. Sheremet
Purpose The performance of solid fins inside a differentially heated cubical cavity is numerically studied in this paper. The main purpose of the study is to make an optimization to reach the maximum heat transfer in the enclosure having the solid fins with studied parameters. Design/methodology/approach The considered domain of interest is a differentially heated cube having heat-conducting solid
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A computational predictive model for nanozyme diffusion dynamics: optimizing nanosystem performance Int. J. Numer. Methods Heat Fluid Flow (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-07-09 Maryam Fatima, Ayesha Sohail, Youming Lei, Sadiq M. Sait, R. Ellahi
Purpose Enzymes play a pivotal role in orchestrating essential biochemical processes and influencing various cellular activities in tissue. This paper aims to provide the process of enzyme diffusion within the tissue matrix and enhance the nano system performance by means of the effectiveness of enzymatic functions. The diffusion phenomena are also documented, providing chemical insights into the complex
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Development and validation of a CFD-based model for simulating rotating drum separators Eng. Appl. Comput. Fluid Mech. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-06 Theodoros Dimas, Arne Eggers, Jef R. Peeters, Maarten Vanierschot
Within the context of the European Green Deal, recycling rates of plastics and metals are targeted to increase which will subsequently increase the requirements for high-quality recycled plastics a...
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A novel spatial–temporal prediction method for the effects of fish movement on flow field based on hybrid deep neural network Eng. Appl. Comput. Fluid Mech. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-04 Jingyang Wang, Baiyinbaoligao, Xiangpeng Mu, Zhihong Qie, Fengran Xu, Xiaochen Li
In the fish passage facility design, understanding the coupled effects of hydrodynamics on fish behaviour is particularly important. The flow field caused by fish movement however are usually obtai...
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Performance investigation of battery thermal management system based on L-shaped heat pipe coupled cold plate and optimization of controllable liquid cooling Eng. Appl. Comput. Fluid Mech. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-04 Ningjia Zhang, Zhaohui Wang, Bowen Zhang, Haonan Yang, Rongqing Bao, Shixiang Xiong, Xinming Du, Rui Min
This study proposes a battery thermal management system based on L-shaped heat pipes coupled with liquid cooling. Experimental and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) numerical simulation studies ha...
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Selective extraction of carnosic acid, carnosol, and rosmarinic acid from Rosmarinus officinalis L. using supercritical fluid and their antioxidant activity J. Supercrit. Fluids (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-07-02 Meryem Boufetacha, Abdelilah Ayad, Nicolas Thiebault, Nadia Boussetta, Elkhadir Gharibi, Mohammed Benali
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A comparative analysis of density-based and neural network modeling for predicting the solubility of organic compounds in supercritical carbon dioxide J. Supercrit. Fluids (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-07-02 Mohammad Mahdi Barzegar, Feridun Esmaeilzadeh, Ali Zandifar
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An artificial intelligence approach for the estimation of conduction heat transfer using deep neural networks Int. J. Numer. Methods Heat Fluid Flow (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Mohammad Edalatifar, Jana Shafi, Majdi Khalid, Manuel Baro, Mikhail A. Sheremet, Mohammad Ghalambaz
Purpose This study aims to use deep neural networks (DNNs) to learn the conduction heat transfer physics and estimate temperature distribution images in a physical domain without using any physical model or mathematical governing equation. Design/methodology/approach Two novel DNNs capable of learning the conduction heat transfer physics were defined. The first DNN (U-Net autoencoder residual network
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Conjugate heat transfer analysis of developing region of square ducts for isothermal and isoflux boundary conditions Int. J. Numer. Methods Heat Fluid Flow (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-07-02 Chithra V.P., Balaji Bakthavatchalam, Jayakumar J.S., Khairul Habib, Sambhaji Kashinath Kusekar
Purpose This paper aims to present a comprehensive analysis of conjugate heat transfer phenomena occurring within the developing region of square ducts under both isothermal and isoflux boundary conditions. The study involves a rigorous numerical investigation, using advanced computational methods to simulate the complex heat exchange interactions between solid structures and surrounding fluid flows
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Effect of stirring and KOH/NaOH ratio on phase formation in hydrothermal synthesis of KNbO3-NaNbO3 particles J. Supercrit. Fluids (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-06-30 Ellawala K. Chandima Pradeep, Alexandre Chauvel, Cenk Abdurrahmanoglu, Ragnar Kiebach, Astri Bjørnetun Haugen
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Predicting heat transfer rate and system entropy based on combining artificial neural network with numerical simulation Int. J. Numer. Methods Heat Fluid Flow (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-28 Hillal M. Elshehabey
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present numerical simulations for magnetohydrodynamics natural convection of a nanofluid flow inside a cavity with an H-shaped obstacle based on combining artificial neural network (ANN) with the finite element method (FEM), and predict the heat transfer rate and system entropy. Design/methodology/approach The enclosure is assumed to be inclined. Changing the
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Effect of catalyst distribution in the combustion catalytic layer on heat and mass transport characteristics of the microchannel reactor Int. J. Numer. Methods Heat Fluid Flow (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-28 Weiqiang Kong, Qiuwan Shen, Naibao Huang, Min Yan, Shian Li
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of catalyst distribution in the combustion catalytic layer on heat and mass transport characteristics of the auto-thermal methanol steam reforming microchannel reactor. Design/methodology/approach Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method is used to study four different gradient designs. The corresponding distributions of temperature, species
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Prediction of the minimum fluidization velocity of different biomass types by artificial neural networks and empirical correlations Int. J. Numer. Methods Heat Fluid Flow (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-26 Thenysson Matos, Maisa Tonon Bitti Perazzini, Hugo Perazzini
Purpose This paper aims to analyze the performance of artificial neural networks with filling methods in predicting the minimum fluidization velocity of different biomass types for bioenergy applications. Design/methodology/approach An extensive literature review was performed to create an efficient database for training purposes. The database consisted of experimental values of the minimum fluidization
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Efficient modeling of liquid splashing via graph neural networks with adaptive filter and aggregator fusion Int. J. Numer. Methods Heat Fluid Flow (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-26 Jinyao Nan, Pingfa Feng, Jie Xu, Feng Feng
Purpose The purpose of this study is to advance the computational modeling of liquid splashing dynamics, while balancing simulation accuracy and computational efficiency, a duality often compromised in high-fidelity fluid dynamics simulations. Design/methodology/approach This study introduces the fluid efficient graph neural network simulator (FEGNS), an innovative framework that integrates an adaptive
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Effect of supercritical carbon dioxide on pore structure and methane adsorption of shale with different particle sizes J. Supercrit. Fluids (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-06-26 Liang Wang, Yuechen Zhao, Minxuan Liu, Zihang Song, Yiwei Sun, Sijia Ni, Shenguang Fu, Rongkun Pan
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Liposomes and niosomes production by a supercritical CO2 assisted process for topical applications: A comparative study J. Supercrit. Fluids (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-06-26 Lucia Baldino, Domenico Riccardi, Ernesto Reverchon
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Amphoteric SnO2 nanoparticles via pH-controlled continuous flow solvothermal synthesis J. Supercrit. Fluids (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-06-26 Aref Mamakhel, Magnus Kløve, Martin Bondesgaard, Troels L. Christiansen, Steen Uttrup Pedersen, Jørgen Skibsted, Bo Brummerstedt Iversen
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Measurement and modeling of the electrical conductivity of organic electrolyte solutions and their mixtures with compressed CO2 J. Supercrit. Fluids (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-06-26 Marvin Dorn, Lukas Franke, Paul Figiel, Sabine Kareth, Eckhard Weidner, Christoph Held, Marcus Petermann
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Towards a new approach in chiral resolution: Pressurized-CO2 assisted preferential cocrystallization J. Supercrit. Fluids (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-06-24 Joséphine de Meester, Patrick Layrisse, Mathieu Marchivie, Laurent Collard, Guillaume Wery, Clément Brandel, Yohann Cartigny, Pascale Subra-Paternault, Tom Leyssens, Christelle Harscoat-Schiavo
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Mesh-free SPH modelling of sediment scouring and flushing considering grains transport and transformation Eng. Appl. Comput. Fluid Mech. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-06-18 Rongzhao Zhang, Wen Xiong, Xiaolong Ma, C. S. Cai
Sediment scour numerical simulation plays a critical role in the design of water-resistant foundation engineering, and this paper addresses a significant gap in most related studies, which often ov...
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Encapsulation of Arthrospira platensis polyphenolic extract using supercritical emulsion-based process J. Supercrit. Fluids (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-06-21 Chiara Bufalini, Ida Palazzo, Alessandro Alberto Casazza, Pier Francesco Ferrari, Roberta Campardelli, Giuseppe Firpo, Patrizia Perego, Ernesto Reverchon
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Corrosion characteristics of Fe, Ni and Ti based alloys near the critical point of water and during supercritical water gasification and oxidation of municipal sludge J. Supercrit. Fluids (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-06-20 Lili Qian, Wenyu Ma, Dan Fang, Yanmeng Gong, Weijing Liu, Shuang Wang, Shuzhong Wang
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Generalization of the Wong-Sandler mixing rule to a generic cubic equation of state: Examples of use for systems of industrial interest (Hydrogen, CCUS, refrigeration) J. Supercrit. Fluids (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-06-19 Salaheddine Chabab, Christophe Coquelet, Fabien Rivollet
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Optimisation of MHD flow within trapezoidal cavity containing hybrid nanofluid by artificial neural network Int. J. Numer. Methods Heat Fluid Flow (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-18 Arooj Tanveer, Sami Ul Haq, Muhammad Bilal Ashraf, Muhammad Usman Ashraf, R. Nawaz
Purpose This study aims to numerically investigate heat transport in a trapezoidal cavity using hybrid nanoparticles (Ag-$Al_2O_3$). Unlike previous studies, this one covers magnetohydrodynamics, joule heating with viscous dissipation, heat absorption and generation. The left and right sides of the chasm are frigid. The upper wall heats, whereas the bottom wall remains adiabatic. Design/methodology/approach
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Facile fabrication of lightweight and high expanded TPU/PBS bead blend foam with segregated microcellular network for reduced shrinkage and enhanced interface bonding J. Supercrit. Fluids (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-06-14 Fengkun Sun, Minghao Zhou, Feifan Yi, Haokun Wang, Binyi Chen, Xiangfang Peng, An Huang
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Groundwater quality parameters prediction based on data-driven models Eng. Appl. Comput. Fluid Mech. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-06-13 Mohammed Falah Allawi, Yasir Al-Ani, Arkan Dhari Jalal, Zainab Malik Ismael, Mohsen Sherif, Ahmed El-Shafie
Groundwater quality assessment is essential for achieving safe and sustainable water resources, specifically in regions that rely mainly on groundwater. This study focuses on evaluating groundwater...
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Regression models for predicting the effect of trash rack on flow properties at power intakes Eng. Appl. Comput. Fluid Mech. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-06-13 Shuguang Li, Sultan Noman Qasem, Hojat Karami, Ely Salwana, Alireza Rezaei, Danyal Shahmirzadi, Shahab S. Band
Vortex flow characteristics in a reservoir and horizontal water intake have been predicted by using regression models in this numerical research. In this paper, three standalone machine learning mo...
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Effects of vibration on natural convection in a square inclined porous enclosure filled with Cu-water nanofluid Int. J. Numer. Methods Heat Fluid Flow (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-13 Hamza Sayyou, Jabrane Belabid, Hakan F. Öztop, Karam Allali
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of gravitational modulation on natural convection in a square inclined porous cavity filled by a fluid containing copper nanoparticles. Design/methodology/approach The present study uses a system of equations that couple hydrodynamics to heat transfer, representing the governing equations of fluid flow in a square domain. The Boussinesq–Darcy
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Numerical investigation of mesoscale multiphase mass transport mechanism in fibrous porous media Eng. Appl. Comput. Fluid Mech. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-06-10 Zhe Li, Chengyan Wang, Lin Li, Jiafeng Wu, Zichao Yin, Dapeng Tan
At present, the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is one of the most promising new energy solutions. The structure and material properties of the gas diffusion layer (GDL) are important fa...
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Turbo-RANS: straightforward and efficient Bayesian optimization of turbulence model coefficients Int. J. Numer. Methods Heat Fluid Flow (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-13 Ryley McConkey, Nikhila Kalia, Eugene Yee, Fue-Sang Lien
Purpose Industrial simulations of turbulent flows often rely on Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) turbulence models, which contain numerous closure coefficients that need to be calibrated. This paper aims to address this issue by proposing a semi-automated calibration of these coefficients using a new framework (referred to as turbo-RANS) based on Bayesian optimization. Design/methodology/approach
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Comprehensive analysis and identification of energy performance and unsteady two-phase flow patterns based on experiments and comparison between two distinct multiphase flow models Eng. Appl. Comput. Fluid Mech. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-06-10 Asad Ali, Jianping Yuan, Qiaorui Si, Shahzad Iqbal, Yuan Shouqi, Yolandani Yolandani, Ibra Fall
In the petroleum sector, electrical submersible pumps (ESP) face numerous challenges when handling multiphase flow of gas and liquid. The primary challenge is from the build-up of the gas-bubbles w...
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Evaluation of cooling measures performance and thermal-humidity environment for ultra-high geothermal railway tunnel construction by using WBGT Eng. Appl. Comput. Fluid Mech. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-06-10 Kaiming Zhao, Wenhui Ji, Xiaoling Cao, Yanping Yuan, Haochen Li
High-geothermal damage is one of the major challenges in high-speed railway tunnel construction. Current studies have shortcomings in the formation mechanism of tunnel environment and the environme...
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Pulsation temporal-spatial characteristics of vortex-shedding flow under different hydrofoil trailing edge shapes Eng. Appl. Comput. Fluid Mech. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-06-07 Qiang Liu, Zhaoheng Lu, Ran Tao, Zhifeng Yao, Ruofu Xiao
Hydrofoil trailing edge shape directly influences its downstream flow state. Due to the non-streamlined shape, alternating vortices will form downstream, resulting in complex pressure pulsations. D...
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Honeycomb-configured dissipative nanofluid flow within a squeezed channel with entropy generation: regression and numerical evaluations Int. J. Numer. Methods Heat Fluid Flow (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-05 Syed Modassir Hussain, Rohit Sharma, Manoj Kumar Mishra, Jitendra Kumar Singh
Purpose Nanosized honeycomb-configured materials are used in modern technology, thermal science and chemical engineering due to their high ultra thermic relevance. This study aims to scrutinize the heat transmission features of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) honeycomb-structured graphene nanofluid flow within two squeezed parallel plates under Joule dissipation and solar thermal radiation impacts. Desi
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AI based optimal analysis of electro-osmotic peristaltic motion of non-Newtonian fluid with chemical reaction using artificial neural networks and response surface methodology Int. J. Numer. Methods Heat Fluid Flow (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-04 Ahmed Zeeshan, Zaheer Asghar, Amad ur Rehaman
Purpose The present work is devoted to investigating the sensitivity analysis of the electroosmotic peristaltic motion of non-Newtonian Casson fluid with the effect of the chemical reaction and magnetohydrodynamics through the porous medium. The main focus is on flow efficiency quantities such as pressure rise per wavelength, frictional forces on the upper wall and frictional forces on the lower wall
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Corrigendum to “Softwood impregnation by MMA monomer using supercritical CO2” [J. Supercrit. Fluids, 189 (2022), 105712–105723] J. Supercrit. Fluids (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-06-04 Lijuan Yang, William Z. Xu, Dicho Zomaya, Paul A. Charpentier
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Prediction of ultimate tensions in mooring lines for a floating offshore wind turbine considering extreme gusts Eng. Appl. Comput. Fluid Mech. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-06-03 Xu Zhang, Haolang He, Hongbin Hao, Yong Ma
The design of mooring line parameter for a floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) should consider the ultimate limit state. Typhoons should be considered as a threatening condition for mooring desig...
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Supercritical fluid extraction of piquiá (Caryocar villosum (Aubl.) Pers.) pulp: Influence of operating conditions on yield, α-tocopherol content and extract characterization J. Supercrit. Fluids (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-06-02 Renato Macedo Cordeiro, Kelly Roberta Pinheiro Pantoja, Leonardo Victor Gomes de Melo, Maria Eduarda Ferraz de Carvalho, Raul Nunes de Carvalho Junior
(Aubl.) Pers. is a fruit native to the Amazon region, popularly known as piquiá. The supercritical extraction process of piquiá pulp was investigated in this work, considering the influence of temperature, pressure and solvent density on the extraction yield. The quality of the extract was evaluated in terms of fatty acid profile, functional quality indices, physicochemical characterization and α-tocopherol
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A modified Green-Naghdi fractional order model for analyzing thermoelectric MHD Int. J. Numer. Methods Heat Fluid Flow (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-31 Mohamed M. Hendy, Magdy A. Ezzat
Purpose Whereas, the classical Green-Naghdi Type II (GN-II) model struggles to accurately represent the thermo-mechanical behavior of thermoelectric MHD due to its inability to account for the memory effect. A new mathematical model of the GN-II theory incorporates a fractional order of heat transport to address this issue. Design/methodology/approach The employment of the matrix exponential method
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A neural based modeling approach for predicting effective thermal conductivity of brewer’s spent grain Int. J. Numer. Methods Heat Fluid Flow (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-31 Amanda de Oliveira e Silva, Alice Leonel, Maisa Tonon Bitti Perazzini, Hugo Perazzini
Purpose Brewer's spent grain (BSG) is the main by-product of the brewing industry, holding significant potential for biomass applications. The purpose of this paper was to determine the effective thermal conductivity (keff) of BSG and to develop an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) to predict keff, since this property is fundamental in the design and optimization of the thermochemical conversion processes
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Alcogel formation analysis: An important step for scCO2 aerogel production J. Supercrit. Fluids (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-29 Cristiana S.A. Bento, Beatriz Agostinho, Alberto Teixeira, Marco S. Reis, Hermínio C. de Sousa, Mara E.M. Braga
The production of biopolymeric aerogels, for tissue engineering, currently involves three steps: gelation (hydrogel), solvent exchange (alcogel), and supercritical drying (aerogel). The alcogel formation, the longest step, can be optimised by exploring high pressures/mild temperatures. This work aimed to integrate/optimise the production process of alginate/gelatine aerogels, by performing solvent
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Characterization of mixing dynamics of the transcritical bi-swirl jets J. Supercrit. Fluids (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-29 Ata Poormahmood
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Numerical investigation on the transverse jet into a supersonic crossflow with different pressure ratios Eng. Appl. Comput. Fluid Mech. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-23 Yanfeng Xiao, Huanhao Zhang, Zhihua Chen, Hui Zhang, Chun Zheng
The jet can be applied to the yaw control of a projectile, however, the complex interaction of the jet with the supersonic mainstream makes the flow field complex and yaw force unpredictable. To re...
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Influence of the contraction section configuration and deflector layout density on the wind-snow flow characteristics inside the ice snow wind tunnel for railway vehicles Eng. Appl. Comput. Fluid Mech. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-24 Jiabin Wang, Haoyuan Liu, Yan Zhang, Cao Liu, Chen Jiang, Guangjun Gao
The significant accumulation of snow and ice in the bogie region severely compromises operational quality and poses a safety hazard to high-speed trains. To enhance testing capabilities for assessi...
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Partial upgrading of bitumen with supercritical water— liquid products characteristics, gas composition and coke morphology J. Supercrit. Fluids (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-27 Hadi Bagherzadeh, Devjyoti Nath, Mabkhot Bin Dahbag, Hassan Hassanzadeh
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Recovery of valuable compounds from spent coffee grounds using compressed propane/butane followed by scCO2 plus solvent extraction J. Supercrit. Fluids (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-27 Micheli Nolasco Araujo, Natalia do Carmo Diniz, Fabiane Hamerski, Giuliana Varela Garcia Lesak, Júlio César de Carvalho, Marcos L. Corazza
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Investigating embedded data distribution strategy on reconstruction accuracy of flow field around the crosswind-affected train based on physics-informed neural networks Int. J. Numer. Methods Heat Fluid Flow (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-28 Guang-Zhi Zeng, Zheng-Wei Chen, Yi-Qing Ni, En-Ze Rui
Purpose Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have become a new tendency in flow simulation, because of their self-advantage of integrating both physical and monitored information of fields in solving the Navier–Stokes equation and its variants. In view of the strengths of PINN, this study aims to investigate the impact of spatially embedded data distribution on the flow field results around the
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Formation mechanisms of residual water in CO2-water-rock systems: Effects of the CO2 phase J. Supercrit. Fluids (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-24 Yi Li, Jiaqi Zhao, Ruiting Suo, Xiangyang Li, Qingchun Yu
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Synthesis and characterization of sustainable blue dyes: Enhancing diffusion on nylon fabrics with supercritical CO2 for eco-friendly dyeing methods J. Supercrit. Fluids (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-22 Kaliyan Prabakaran, Ramalingam Manivannan, Young-A. Son
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Phase transition of multiple encapsulated PCMs in a U-shaped channel under MHD with ternary nanofluid Int. J. Numer. Methods Heat Fluid Flow (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-21 Fatih Selimefendigil, Hakan F. Oztop
Purpose Multiple encapsulated phase change materials (PCMs) are used in a wide range of applications, including convective drying, electronic cooling, waste heat recovery and air conditioning. Therefore, it is important to understand the performance of multiple PCMs in channels with flow separation and develop methods to increase their effectiveness. The aim of the study is to analyze the phase transition