Journal of Fluids Engineering
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EISSN:1528-901X|ISSN:0098-2202|Disc:The Journal of Fluids Engineering disseminates technical information in fluid mechanics of interest to researchers and designers in mechanical engineering, and other engineering disciplines. The majority of papers present original analytical, numerical or experimental results and physical interpretation of lasting scientific value. Other papers are devoted to the review of recent contributions to a topic, or the description of the methodology, and/or the physical significance of an area that has recently matured. In addition, contributions to the Journal emphasize investigative techniques, analytical methods, computational fluid mechanics, and experimental methods such as Laser-Doppler-Velocimetry, hot film and hot wire anemometry, Particle-Imager-Velocimetry, and other innovative advances as they appear|Priority:12|Publisher:American Society of Mechanical Engineers|
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A Wind Speed Forecasting Method Using Gaussian Process Regression Model Under Data Uncertainty
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Wind speed forecasting plays a pivotal role in power prediction, daily operations, and optimal scheduling of wind farms. However, accurately predicting wind speed remains challenging due to data uncertainties and the ... -
Analyzing Hydrogen Flow Behavior Based on Deep Learning Sensor Selection Optimization Framework
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)With tremendous potential to lower the carbon footprint of power generation and as an alternative energy carrier for many applications, hydrogen has emerged as a key potential energy carrier. Understanding of geological ... -
Comparison Analysis on the Hydraulic Performance and Flow Characteristics on a Reactor Coolant Pump Under Rated Operating Condition Between Lead–Bismuth Eutectic and Water Mediums
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Advanced Generation IV nuclear reactors aim to enhance the sustainability, passive safety, reliability, and economic efficiency of reactor operations. Within that, the reactor coolant pump is a critical component in the ... -
Improved Numerical Model to Investigate Self-Aeration Along Stepped Spillway
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The concept of understanding and predicting the behavior of flow characteristics such as velocity, pressure, and energy in the presence of bubbles and droplets of various morphologies has always fascinated researchers. ... -
Predicting Leidenfrost Temperature and Effects of Impact Conditions on Droplet Size Distribution in Film-Boiling Regime
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The interaction of a droplet with a solid wall is relevant in various engineering applications. The properties of the resulting secondary droplets are determined by the wall temperature, ambient pressure, impact momentum, ... -
Numerical Study of Bifurcation Structures in Reflected Shock-Wave/Laminar-Boundary-Layer Interaction Within an End-Wall Tube
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The primary aim of this study is to analyze the unsteady characteristics of the interaction between a reflected shock wave and a laminar boundary layer in an end-wall shock tube. Our direct numerical simulations at shock ... -
Freeman Scholar Lecture (2021)—Sharp-Interface Immersed Boundary Methods in Fluid Dynamics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Immersed boundary methods (IBMs) have evolved over the past 50 years from a specialized technique in biofluid dynamics and applied mathematics to a cornerstone of computational fluid dynamics. Many recent advancements in ... -
Simulation of Interfacial Waves in Core-Annular Pipe Flow With a Turbulent Annulus
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Numerical simulations are conducted for the wave initiation, growth, and saturation at the oil–water interface in core-annular flow (CAF). The focus is on conditions with a turbulent water annulus, but the laminar water ... -
Computational Aeroacoustics of Low-Pressure Axial Fans Installed in Parallel
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Ducted rotor-only low-pressure axial (LPA) fans play an integral role in automotive thermal management of electric vehicles and are the primary source of noise from the underhood region. Multiple LPA fans are often placed ... -
Stability Analysis of Pure Oil-Water Emulsion in Gravity-Based Separators1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The purpose of this work is to investigate the stability of pure (emulsifier-free) oil-water emulsion in a gravity-based separator as a function of various parameters such as mixing speed, water volume concentration, ... -
Effect of Trailing Edge and Span Morphing on the Performance of an Optimized NACA6409 Wing in Ground Effect
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) investigation was carried out on a three-dimensional NACA6409 wing in ground effect at a Reynolds number of 320,000. Using a multi-objective-SHERPA algorithm, a root angle of 4 deg angle ... -
Numerical Investigation of the Impact of the Rectangular Nozzle Aspect Ratio on Liquid Jet in Crossflow
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)High-fidelity simulation is conducted to investigate liquid jet in crossflow, specifically regarding the rectangular nozzle. The influence of aspect ratio (AR) of nozzles on the atomization characteristics of liquid column ... -
Flow Performance Enhancement of a Fluidic Oscillator Through the Integration of Rectangular Ribs on Coanda Surface
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Fluidic oscillators utilize internal flow dynamics to produce oscillatory fluid jets. The Coanda surface in the mixing chamber of a fluidic oscillator plays a critical role by facilitating controlled fluid manipulation ... -
Influence of Scallops on Windage Loss and Flow Characteristics in Disk-Type Gap
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Windage loss and flow characteristics in a disk-type gap featuring scalloped structures are investigated in this paper. Special attention is paid to the size of the scallops and the associated loss models. The respective ... -
The Measured Flow at the Inlet of a Francis Turbine Runner Operating in Speed No-Load Condition
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)For Francis turbines, speed-no-load (SNL) represents one of the most detrimental operating conditions, marked by significant pressure and strain fluctuations on the runner. Mitigating these fluctuations necessitates a ... -
Numerical Investigation on Tip Clearance Leakage Control for a Radial Turbine With Tip Control Holes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)In this paper, a novel tip clearance control structure, the tip control hole (TCH), is proposed, which is appropriate for the radial turbines with the characteristics of low manufacturing cost, thin blade, insufficient tip ... -
Experimental Demonstration of a Topology Optimization Method to Generate a Capacity-Specific Device With Cavitation Resistance for Control Valve Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Topology optimization (TO) is a powerful method of generating structures that have desirable functional performance, to date most commonly used to improve structural behavior or to optimize pressure drops in laminar flow ... -
An Actuator-Disk Model Augmentation for Low-Pressure Axial Fan Simulation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Actuator-disk rotor models are important simulation tools for cost-effective industrial axial fan system analysis. Actuator-disk fan model performance, however, is constrained by the conventional use of two-dimensional ... -
Entrance Lengths for Fully Developed Laminar Flow in Eccentric Annulus
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)We study the entrance length in eccentric annular geometries, where the axes of the inner and outer pipes forming the annulus are offset from each other. Such geometries are considered relevant for several industrial ... -
Study of the Flow Characteristics of Pumped Media in the Confined Morphology of a Ferrofluid Pump With Annular Microscale Constraints
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The driving mechanism of ferrofluid micropumps under the constraints of an annular microscale morphology is not fully understood. The gap between microfabrication technology and the fundamental theory of microfluidics has ...