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RISWall Pressure and Shear Stress Variations in a 90-Deg Bifurcation During Pulsatile Laminar Flow
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Wall pressure distribution and shear stress fields for pulsatile laminar flow in a 90-degree bifurcation with rectangular cross sections are evaluated using the results of the numerical solution ...
Oscillatory Fluid Flow Through a Porous Medium Channel Bounded by Two Impermeable Parallel Plates
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: In the absence of the inertia effects, the analytic solution to the fully developed oscillatory fluid flow through a porous medium channel bounded by two impermeable parallel plates is presented. ...
A Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Unidirectional Freezing of Nanoparticle-Enhanced Phase Change Materials
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Highly-conductive nanostructures may be dispersed into phase change materials (PCM) to improve their effective thermal conductivity, thus leading to colloidal systems that are referred to as ...
Fluid Flow Through a Porous Medium Channel With Permeable Walls
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: A theoretical study of the fully developed fluid flow through a porous medium channel bounded by two permeable walls is presented. In the absence of inertia effects, a closed-form analytic ...
Effects of Insulated and Isothermal Baffles on Pseudosteady-State Natural Convection Inside Spherical Containers
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The effects of insulated and isothermal thin baffles on pseudosteady-state natural convection within spherical containers were studied computationally. The computations are based on an iterative, ...
LDA Measurements and Numerical Prediction of Pulsatile Laminar Flow in a Plane 90-Degree Bifurcation
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: An experimental and numerical study of pulsatile laminar flow in a plane 90-degree bifurcation is presented. Detailed LDA velocity measurements of the oscillatory flow field have been carried ...
Numerical Study of Melting of Large-Diameter Crystals Using an Orbital Solar Concentrator
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The melting of large-diameter crystals using an orbital solar concentrator is studied numerically. In the proposed configuration, a parabolic dish imaging concentrator is used to focus the sun’s ...
An Experimental Study of Fluid Flow in Disk Cavities
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Results are presented for an experimental study of fluid flow in models of gas turbine disk cavities. Experiments were performed on 70-cm-dia disks for rotational Reynolds numbers up to 2.29 ...
Periodic Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in a Square Cavity Due to an Insulated or Isothermal Rotating Cylinder
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The periodic state of laminar flow and heat transfer due to an insulated or isothermal rotating cylinder object in a square cavity is investigated computationally. A finite-volume-based computational ...
Mainstream Ingress Suppression in Gas Turbine Disk Cavities
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The sealing characteristics of an air-cooled gas turbine disk cavity have been studied using laser sheet flow visualization. Experiments were performed on a simplified half-scale model of an ...