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RISNumerical Study of Unsteady Jeffery Fluid Flow With Magnetic Field Effect and Variable Fluid Properties
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: A mathematical model has been constructed for determining the effects of variable viscosity and thermal conductivity on unsteady Jeffery flow over a stretching sheet in the presence of magnetic field and heat generation. ...
Special Issue on Heat Transfer Analysis in Processes of Developing and Applying Renewable Energies and Novel Materials
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Numerical Prediction of Turbulent Flow and Heat Transfer Enhancement in a Square Passage With Various Truncated Ribs on One Wall
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Repeated ribs are often employed in the midsection of internal cooling passages of turbine blades to augment the heat transfer by air flowing through the internal ribbed passages. Though the research of flow structure and ...
Foreword to Special Issue on Advances in Optimization Methods in Heat and Mass Transfer
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Improving heat transfer effectiveness or/and controlling pressure losses requires novel techniques to develop systems of progressively higher heat transfer performance. Optimization techniques can provide a path to the ...
Exergy Optimization of a Double-Exposure Solar Cooker by Response Surface Method
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to optimize the performance of a double-exposure solar cooker based on exergy efficiency. Two similar solar cookers with variable parabolic mirror position were used for this experimental ...
A Similarity Solution for Mixed-Convection Boundary Layer Nanofluid Flow on an Inclined Permeable Surface
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: This paper concerns with calculation of heat transfer and pressure drop in a mixed-convection nanofluid flow on a permeable inclined flat plate. Solution of governing boundary layer equations is presented for some values ...
Optimization Design and Analysis of Multilayer Lightweight Thermal Protection Structures Under Aerodynamic Heating Conditions
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The purpose of thermal protection system (TPS) is to maintain the structural temperature of the hypersonic aircraft within acceptable limits due to intense aerodynamic heating during reentering earth's atmosphere. In the ...
Optimization of Pin Fins for a Heat Exchanger by Entropy Generation Minimization and Constructal Law
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Pinfins are considered as one of the best elements for heat transfer enhancement in heat exchangers. In this study, the topology of pinfins (length, diameter, and shape) is optimized based on the entropy generation ...
Optimum Structural Design of Thermal Protection for Supersonic Aircraft by Using Photonic Crystal Material
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: With the rapid development of the supersonic aircraft technology, the aircraft Mach number continues increasing, but on the other hand, the working condition becomes progressively poor. The photonic crystals (PCs) material ...
Genetic Algorithm Applied to Geometric Optimization of Isothermal Y Shaped Cavities
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Constructal design associated with genetic algorithm (GA) is employed to optimize the geometry of an isothermal Yshaped cavity embedded into a solid conducting wall. The structure has four degrees of freedom (DOF). The ...