Journal of Heat Transfer: Recent submissions
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Mesoscopic Analysis of Dynamic Droplet Behavior on Wetted Flat and Grooved Surface for Low Viscosity Ratio
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)In the present study, the interfacial dynamics of displacement of three-dimensional spherical droplet on a rectangular microchannel wall considering wetting effects are studied. The two-phase lattice Boltzmann Shan−Chen ... -
Enhanced Macroconvection Mechanism With Separate Liquid–Vapor Pathways to Improve Pool Boiling Performance
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)Understanding heat transfer mechanisms is crucial in developing new enhancement techniques in pool boiling. In this paper, the available literature on fundamental mechanisms and their role in some of the outstanding ... -
Assessment of Thermal Damage During Skin Tumor Treatment Using Thermal Wave Model: A Realistic Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)In this study, a three-layered skin tissue has been modeled to assess the heat transfer characteristics in laser skin tumor–tissue interaction. A finite-volume-based two-dimensional numerical bioheat transfer model has ... -
Treatment Efficacy for Validating MicroCT-Based Theoretical Simulation Approach in Magnetic Nanoparticle Hyperthermia for Cancer Treatment
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)The objective is to validate a designed heating protocol in a previous study based on treatment efficacy of magnetic nanoparticle hyperthermia in prostate tumors. In vivo experiments have been performed to induce temperature ... -
Influence of Reynolds Numbers on the Flow and Heat Transfer Around Row of Magnetic Obstacles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)An incompressible electrically conducting viscous fluid flow influenced by a local external magnetic field may develop vortical structures and eventually instabilities similar to those observed in flows around bluff bodies ... -
Continuum and Kinetic Simulations of Heat Transfer Trough Rarefied Gas in Annular and Planar Geometries in the Slip Regime
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)Steady-state heat transfer through a rarefied gas confined between parallel plates or coaxial cylinders, whose surfaces are maintained at different temperatures, is investigated using the nonlinear Shakhov (S) model kinetic ... -
Intensification of Chemically Assisted Melt–Water Explosive Interactions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)This paper investigates avenues for controlled initiation and augmentation of the mechanical and thermal energetic output of shock-triggered vapor explosions (VEs) with Al–GaInSn alloys; furthermore, enabling a means for ... -
Influence of Index of Refraction and Particle Size Distribution on Radiative Heat Transfer in a Pulverized Coal Combustion Furnace
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)In this work, the influence of the radiative properties of coal and ash particles on radiative heat transfer in combustion environments is investigated. Emphasis is placed on the impact on the impact of the complex index ... -
Flow Field Inside a Sessile Droplet on a Hydrophobic Surface in Relation to Self Cleaning Applications of Dust Particles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)Internal fluidity of a sessile droplet on a hydrophobic surface and dynamics of fine size dust particles in the droplet interior are examined for various droplet contact angles. The geometric features of the droplet ... -
Hyperbolic Conduction–Radiation in Participating and Inhomogeneous Slab With Double Spherical Harmonics and Lattice Boltzmann Methods
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)This work deals with the combined mode of non-Fourier conduction and radiation transfer in isotropically/anisotropically scattering, homogeneous, and inhomogeneous planar media with reflective boundaries subjected to the ... -
Effect of Chemical Reactions of H2/O2 Combustion Gas on Wall Heat Flux in a Turbulent Channel Flow
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)The effect of chemical reactions of burnt gas on heat transfer on a cooled wall in a turbulent channel flow is investigated by direct numerical simulations. Burnt gas from a H2/O2 mixture is used as a fluid and a detailed ... -
Fractional Heat Conduction in a Thin Circular Plate With Constant Temperature Distribution and Associated Thermal Stresses
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)In this work, a fractional-order theory of thermoelasticity by quasi-static approach is applied to the two-dimensional problem of a thin circular plate whose lower surface is maintained at zero temperature, whereas the ... -
Entropy Generation in Laminar and Turbulent Natural Convection Heat Transfer From Vertical Cylinder With Annular Fins
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)Entropy generation due to natural convection has been calculated for a wide range of Rayleigh number (Ra) in both laminar (104 ≤ Ra ≤ 108) and turbulent (1010 ≤ Ra ≤ 1012) flow regimes, for diameter ratio of 2 ≤ D/d ≤ 5, ... -
Experimental Study on Thermal Characteristics of Finned Coil LHSU Using Paraffin as Phase Change Material
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)It is well known that attaching fins on the tubes surfaces can enhance the heat transfer into and out from the phase change materials (PCMs). This paper presents the results of an experimental study on the thermal ... -
Apparent Emissivity of Combustion Soot Aggregate Coating at High Temperature
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)Soot aggregates frequently occur during combustion or pyrolysis of fuels. The radiative properties of soot aggregates at high temperature are important for understanding soot characteristics and evaluating heat transfer ... -
Local Thermal Nonequilibrium During Melting of a Paraffin Filled in an Open-Cell Copper Foam: A Visualized Study at the Pore-Scale
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)In this technical brief, the application of infrared thermal imaging to investigate melting of a phase-change material (PCM) filled in an open-cell metal foam was proposed. Melting experiments in a rectangular cell were ... -
Entrance and Temperature-Dependent Property Effects on Laminar Duct Flows of Liquids
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)The results of a numerical investigation on the effects of the temperature dependence of viscosity and thermal conductivity in simultaneously developing laminar flows of liquids in straight ducts of constant cross sections ... -
Estimation of Thermal Barrier Coating Surface Temperature and Heat Flux Profiles in a Low Temperature Combustion Engine Using a Modified Sequential Function Specification Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)A modified form of the sequential function specification method (SFSM) is developed with specific consideration given to multiple time scales in an effort to avoid overregularization of the solution estimates. The authors ... -
Insights on Heat Transfer at the Top of Steam Chambers in SAGD
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)Steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) is the method of choice for producing oil from oil sands reservoirs. In this method, steam is injected into the formation and the oil, upon heating, is mobilized and driven under ... -
WSGG Model Correlations to Compute Nongray Radiation From Carbon Monoxide in Combustion Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)This paper presents correlations for the weighted-sum-of-gray-gases (WSGG) model for carbon monoxide based on HITEMP2010. The correlations are valid for pressure path lengths from 0.0001 atm·m up to 10 atm·m, total pressure ...