Abstract: The second ASME Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer International Conference (MNHMT09) was held in Shanghai on Dec. 18–21, 2009 (http:/www.asmeconference.org/MNHMT09). The conference was intended ...

Abstract: A direct analytical approach is proposed to study the turbulent surface water flow on a slope. Both unplanted ground and grassed ground are investigated by dividing the flow field into two layers—homogenous water ...

Abstract: This study examines low Reynolds number flow over vegetated sloping ground. Instead of using the traditional empirical formula related to resistance or frictional roughness, a new approach is presented by considering the ...

Abstract: A facility capable of generating steady and oscillating flows was constructed and experiments were conducted to investigate the pressure-drop characteristics of regenerators packed with wire screens. ...

Abstract: A multidimensional calculation procedure is used to investigate the flow in loop-scavenged two-stroke engine with curved cylinder heads. Five different cylinder heads are considered. The curvature ...

Abstract: Substantial energy losses occur when water flows over vegetated ground. Vegetation enhances surface resistance and decreases flow velocity, which results in energy loss. Since the ground is considered to be permeable, both ...

Abstract: Substantial energy losses occur when water flows over vegetated ground. Vegetation enhances surface resistance and decreases flow velocity, which results in energy loss. Since the ground is considered to be permeable, both ...

Abstract: This paper examines a diagnostic model based on the concept of cause-and-effect diagramming and fuzzy pattern recognition, which contributes a new methodology for diagnosing engineering problems. Three examples are presented ...

Abstract: Recent work on boiling of water and condensation of steam in single and parallel microchannels is reviewed in this paper. It is found that the amplitude and frequency of fluctuations of ...

Abstract: Since porous material is usually of a finite thickness in nature, the effects of periodically nonlinear water waves propagating over a soft poroelastic bed with finite thickness are hence noticed and studied in this work. ...