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36 articles for “Reynolds numbers”
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Numerical Analysis of Tube Fitted with Internal Baffles used in STHEx
Abstract: A numerical simulation was carried out for heat transfer in a circular tube fitted with rectangular internal baffles using CFD software. The Reynolds number and Prandtl number were varied in the range from 20 to 2000. In-house CFD solver is used for solving Navier-Stoke’s equation coupled with energy equation for internally fitted baffles as a computational domain. The baffles are attached alternately up and down equally spaced on the walls …
Published in Journal of Experimental & Applied Mechanics · Vol. 9, Issue 3, 2018 · pp. 46–54 Read article
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Numerical Study and Comparison of Passive Mixing in Helical Micromixers
Abstract: A passive mixing inside three micromixers has been studied with water as the mixing fluid. Since the mixing at the micro-level is governed by species diffusion hence it is a time-consuming process that requires an extended length of micromixer for the required amount of mixing. The present study tackles this problem by introducing two helical micromixers, a Three-dimensional helical micromixer (TDHM), and TDHM having four inlets (TDHM-FO). These micromixers need …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites Read article
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Heat Transfer and Exergy Analysis of Methane-Air Flame Impinging on Plane Surfaces
Abstract: Exergy and heat flow have been numerically investigated for flame impinging on flat circular plates. The maximum work available when the system is brought to thermodynamic equilibrium state with its surrounding is known as the exergy of a system. This state of equilibrium of the system depends on the pressure, temperature, and composition of environment. Efficiency based on exergy is otherwise known as the second-law efficiency which measures the usefulness …
Published in Recent Trends in Fluid Mechanics · Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2022 · pp. 13–24 Read article
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Composition of Ideal Fluid Flows Around Cylinder Using Bilinear Transformation
Abstract: Advent of conformal mapping eases to model a flow in sought-after domain without trade- off between laws of fluid mechanics and the theory of complex valued-functions. The far-reaching properties manifested by conformal mapping discern and facilitate solution of large class of two-dimensional flow problems. Bilinear transformation is amidst the conformal mappings. The properties, mapping a circular boundary onto horizontal line and composition of bilinear transformations is again a bilinear transformation …
Published in Recent Trends in Fluid Mechanics · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2023 · pp. 31–38 Read article
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Heat and Flow Characteristics of Jet Impingement: Literature Review
Abstract: AbstractA comprehensive review on jet impingement heat transfer and flow characteristics of impinging synthetic jets were compared with continuous jets. Considering all the single phase heat transfer jet impingement has maximum heat transfer rate. A number of experimental arrangements as done to study the jet impingement such as jet impingement on a solid flat surface, rough surface, concave surface, convex surface, etc. A large number of papers dealing with experimental …
Published in Recent Trends in Fluid Mechanics · Vol. 7, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 1–8 Read article
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Influence of Horizontal Crossflow on the Rayleigh-Taylor Instability: A Numerical Approach
Abstract: Rayleigh-Taylor Instability (RTI) is a typical occurrence in natural events, engineering, and industrial applications. When the lighter fluid (bottom medium) is forcing the heavier fluid (top medium) on top of the lighter fluid because of a gravitational field, then that phenomenon is called Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI). Despite extensive records of investigating this common phenomenon i.e., RTI with several unique boundary conditions, apparently, there are no prior investigations for the RTI …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Physics · Vol. 14, Issue 1, 2025 · pp. 1–11 Read article
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Enhanced Heat Transfer in Double Pipe Heat Exchanger with Circular Fins Using Copper Nanofluid and Twisted Tape Inserts: A Computational Study
Abstract: The enhancement of convective heat transfer in a double-pipe heat exchanger utilizing circular finned twisted tape inserts and helical screw-tapes with centre rods, in conjunction with copper oxide nanofluid as the heat transfer medium was studied in this project. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations were conducted across Reynolds numbers ranging from 500 to 5000 to analyse heat transfer characteristics. The investigation focuses on Nusselt number improvement and friction factor analysis …
Published in Journal of Thermal Engineering and Applications · Vol. 12, Issue 1, 2025 · pp. 11–22 Read article
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A Review of Experimental and Numerical Investigation on the Heat Transfer in Micro-Channel Heat Exchanger for Various Nano Fluids
Abstract: AbstractA tremendous amount of work has been carried out on micro and nanoscale heat exchanger. Cooling requirement is increasing day by day in field of, high performance Aircraft gas turbine engines, Heat pumps, Air conditioning, Heat recovery ventilators, Integrated circuits (IC), VLSI devices, Computer chips, Printed circuit boards and biomedical applications etc. Many investigators focused on parameters such as Reynolds number, cross cut length, pressure drop, particle concentration of Nano …
Published in Recent Trends in Fluid Mechanics · Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2018 · pp. 1–7 Read article
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Investigation of Heat Transfer in Concentric Annuli with Perforated Inserts
Abstract: The increasing necessity for saving energy and material imposed by the diminishing world resources and environmental concerns have prompted the development of more effective heat-transfer equipment with improved heat-transfer rates. The hydrodynamic boundary layer acts as main resistance for the transfer of heat from tube surface to fluid or vice-versa and many researchers are trying to improve the convective heat transfer rate with inserts in tubes to break the boundary …
Published in Journal of Experimental & Applied Mechanics · Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 56–68 Read article
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Wall to Bed Mass Transfer in the Presence of Double Cone Promoter in a Three Phase Fluidized Bed with Conical Entry of Electrolyte
Abstract: AbstractInvestigations have been carried out experimentally to study the effect on wall-to-bed mass transfer coefficient in presence of double cone promoter in a three-phase fluidized bed with a conical entry of electrolyte. The system chosen was an electrolyte as liquid phase, glass spheres of different diameters as solid phase and inert nitrogen as gas phase. The electrolyte was an equimolar solution of potassium ferricyanide and potassium ferrocyanide each of 0.01 …
Published in Journal of Petroleum Engineering & Technology · Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 39–43 Read article
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Design And Analysis of Carbon Filler Reinforced Composite Small Wind Turbine Blades
Abstract: Although wind turbines have great potential for capturing wind energy, their blades suffer from unstable aerodynamic loads as a result of operating for extended time in challenging conditions. Both structural and aerodynamic performance are negatively impacted by these loads. The effectiveness of the wind turbine and the use of wind energy are significantly impacted by the choice airfoil. Commonly used airfoils include NACA 4412, NACA 23012, and SG6043. The lift …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 14, Issue 1, 2026 · pp. 79–89 Read article
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A Computational Study of Lift and Drag Characteristics for NACA 4415 and NACA 2412 Aerofoils
Abstract: The performance of an aerofoil is crucial in designing wind turbine blades, aircraft wings, and other aerodynamic surfaces. This project presents a comparative analysis of two widely used aerofoil profiles, NACA 4415 and NACA 2412, to study their lift and drag characteristics under different flow regimes. The aerofoil geometries were developed using the NACA four-digit notation and modeled in ANSYS Design Modeler. Numerical simulations were conducted in ANSYS Fluent for …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 14, Issue 2, 2026 · pp. 1298–1315 Read article
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Liquid-Cooled Battery Thermal Management System: A Numerical Investigation of Effect of Coolant Path and Flow Rate Optimization
Abstract: Battery thermal management system (BTMS) is crucial for ensuring the safety and performance of battery packs in electric vehicles. Liquid cooling is one of the most effective methods for BTMS, but the choice of coolant, fluid path and its flow rate can affect the heat transfer efficiency and the pressure drop. In this paper, a numerical simulation of a liquid-cooled BTMS using three designs with water as a coolant has …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 11, Issue 8, 2023 · pp. 11–18 Read article
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Enhancement of Horizontal Jet Impingement Heat Transfer Analysis on Vertical Flat Plate
Abstract: This research investigates the heat transfer characteristics and heat flux distribution associated with parallel jet impingement on a vertical flat plate. A comprehensive computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis is carried out and systematically validated against available experimental data to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the numerical model. The jet length is maintained constant at 12 mm, while the jet-to-plate separation distance is varied at 6, 12, 18, and 24 …
Published in Journal of Experimental & Applied Mechanics · Vol. 17, Issue 1, 2026 · pp. 65–80 Read article
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Investigation of Forced Convection Heat Transfer Efficiency Using Cuo/Water Nanofluid in A Concentric Tube Heat Exchanger with Helical Coiled Insert
Abstract: An apparatus that uses nanofluid to transport heat is called a heat exchanger. This uses a nanofluid as the working fluid. One can make nanofluid hanging nanoparticles in liquids such as petroleum products, water, oil, ethylene glycol, fluorocarbons, etc. Forced convection heat transfer using CuO/water as a Nanofluid and distilled water as the base fluid has been examined in a concentric tube heat exchanger with helical coiled insert. Tests on …
Published in Journal of Experimental & Applied Mechanics · Vol. 15, Issue 2, 2024 · pp. 27–41 Read article
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AI-Assisted Optimization of Supersonic Airfoil Shapes Using CFD Coupling
Abstract: This paper presents a novel framework for optimizing supersonic airfoil geometries through integrated artificial intelligence and computational fluid dynamics coupling. Traditional gradient-based optimization methods for high-speed aerodynamic shapes suffer from computational expense and convergence difficulties in non-convex design spaces. The proposed methodology employs a deep neural network surrogate model trained on high-fidelity Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes solutions to approximate aerodynamic performance metrics across the design space. A hybrid particle swarm-genetic algorithm searches …
Published in Journal of Aerospace Engineering & Technology · Vol. 16, Issue 1, 2026 · pp. 8–17 Read article
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Study of Water and Ethylene Glycol Based Cu Nanoparticles inside Parallel Disks with VMHD
Abstract: In this article, we have developed a mathematical model for water and ethylene glycol based copper nanoparticles between two parallel Disks under the influence of variable magnetic field. Parametric study for the flow field, temperature variation and magnetic field are performed from the set of Navier-Stokes, Energy and from the Maxwell equations. Coupled system of PDE’s are converted into system of ODE’s by means of similarity transformations. Effects of various …
Published in Recent Trends in Fluid Mechanics · Vol. 9, Issue 3, 2022 · pp. 34–43 Read article
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Effect of Initial Temperature and Diameter of Ethanol Droplet on Evaporation Dynamics in Convective Air Medium
Abstract: Ethanol is a suitable biofuel as it has fewer toxic emissions and higher-octane numbers. For spray combustion applications, the gas phase motion must be considered while numerically investigating the fundamental aspects of droplet evaporation and combustion processes. Hence, we have numerically simulated the evaporation dynamics of an isolated spherically shaped ethanol droplet under a forced convective air environment in the absence of gravity. The momentum transfer between two phases is …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites Read article
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Injection of Air Bubbles and its Effects into A Shell and Coiled Heat Exchanger: A Review
Abstract: The purpose of this research is to investigate the effects of air bubble injection on the performance of a horizontal helical shell and coiled tube heat exchanger in an experimental setting. The effects of air bubble injection with varied air flow rates on the number of thermal units (NTU), exergy loss, and efficacy are examined. In present review, a shell and snaked tube heat exchanger has been numerically considered. The …
Published in Journal of Experimental & Applied Mechanics · Vol. 12, Issue 3, 2021 · pp. 40–47 Read article
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Thermal-hydraulic Behaviour of Corrugated Pipe Configurations
Abstract: Heat exchangers have a wide range of applications and can be found in a variety of different industries, including chemical reactors, nuclear power plants, and solar energy generation. It is required to do thermal optimization on heat exchangers in order to decrease the size, cost, and energy requirements of the heat exchangers while simultaneously improving their capacity to transmit heat. In these types of businesses, heat exchangers frequently make use …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites Read article