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RISOn the Convergence of Higher Order Upwind Differencing Schemes for Tridiagonal Iterative Solution of the Advection-Diffusion Equation
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: In order to reduce numerical diffusion associated with first-order upwind differencing schemes (UDS), higher order upwind differencing schemes are often employed in computational fluid dynamics ...
Monte Carlo Study of Phonon Heat Conduction in Silicon Thin Films Including Contributions of Optical Phonons
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The Monte Carlo method has found prolific use in the solution of the Boltzmann transport equation for phonons for the prediction of nonequilibrium heat conduction in crystalline thin films. ...
Solution of the Radiative Transfer Equation in Three-Dimensional Participating Media Using a Hybrid Discrete Ordinates: Spherical Harmonics Method
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: In this article, a new hybrid solution to the radiative transfer equation (RTE) is proposed. Following the modified differential approximation (MDA), the radiation intensity is first split into ...
Generalized Ballistic-Diffusive Formulation and Hybrid SN -PN Solution of the Boltzmann Transport Equation for Phonons for Nonequilibrium Heat Conduction
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: A generalized form of the ballistic-diffusive equations (BDEs) for approximate solution of the Boltzmann Transport equation (BTE) for phonons is formulated. The formulation presented here is new ...
Foreword to the Special Issue on Radiative Heat Transfer
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: It is with great pleasure that we present this special issue of the Journal of Heat Transfer. Dating back to its inception, the Journal of Heat Transfer has been one of the premier journals ...
Finite-Volume Formulation and Solution of the P3 Equations of Radiative Transfer on Unstructured Meshes
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The method of spherical harmonics (or PN) is a popular method for approximate solution of the radiative transfer equation (RTE) in participating media. A rigorous conservative finite-volume (FV) ...
Computational Heat Transfer Analysis of the Effect of Skirts on the Performance of Third-World Cookstoves
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: In many developing countries, natural gas, wood, or biomass fired cookstoves find prolific usage. Skirts, placed around the cookpot, have been proposed as a means to improve the thermal efficiency. ...