International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow: Volume 17 Issue 8

Evaluation of effective thermal conductivity of CNT‐based nano‐composites by element free Galerkin method

I.V. Singh, Masataka Tanaka, J. Zhang, M. Endo

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the thermal properties of carbon nanotube composites via meshless element free Galerkin (EFG) method.

Assessment of a zero‐dimensional model of tumble in four‐valve high performance engine

Damian Ramajo, Angel Zanotti, Norberto Nigro

The purpose of this paper is to assess a phenomenological zero‐dimensional model (0‐D model) in order to evaluate both the in‐cylinder tumble motion and turbulence in…

Neural network methodology for heat transfer enhancement data

Betül Ayhan‐Sarac, Bekir Karlık, Tülin Bali, Teoman Ayhan

The purpose of this paper is to study experimentally enhancement of heat transfer in a tube with axial swirling‐flow promoters. The geometric features of flow geometry to improve…

Application of an ADI scheme for steady and periodic solutions in a lid‐driven cavity problem

Manab Kumar Das, P. Rajesh Kanna

The purpose of the paper is to study the steady and periodic solution of a lid‐driven cavity flow problem with the gradual increase of Reynolds number (Re) up to 10,000.

A flow solver for the Euler and Navier‐Stokes equations for multi‐phase flows with a stiffened gas equation of state

M. Taha Janan, A. El Marjani

This paper aims to develop an efficient numerical method for simulating multicomponent flows by solving the system of conservative equations closed by a general two parameters…

Thermal stability of a reactive viscous flow through a porous‐saturated pipe

O.D. Makinde

This paper aims to examine the steady‐state solutions of a strongly exothermic reaction of a viscous combustible fluid in a cylindrical pipe filled with a saturated porous medium…