Journal of Fluids Engineering: Recent submissions
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Investigation of Dam-Break Flow Over Abruptly Contracting Channel With Trapezoidal-Shaped Lateral Obstacles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)The present paper aims to investigate the dam-break flow over dry channel with an abrupt contracting part in certain downstream section. A new experiment was carried out in a smooth-prismatic ... -
Single-Phase and Two-Phase Flow Through Thin and Thick Orifices in Horizontal Pipes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)Two-phase flow pressure drops through thin and thick orifices have been numerically investigated with air–water flows in horizontal pipes. Two-phase computational fluid dynamics (CFD) calculations, ... -
An Investigation on Turbocharger Turbine Performance Parameters Under Inlet Pulsating Flow
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)Three-dimensional steady and unsteady (pulsating) compressible flows in a vane-less turbocharger turbine of a 1.7 liter SI engine are simulated numerically, and the results are validated experimentally ... -
Three-Dimensional Numerical Modeling of Cavitation and Aeration System in Dam Outlets
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)Preservation of the live storage of reservoirs is a serious challenge for most of the countries that encounter drought. Flushing of deposited sediments through bottom outlets in a dam is one ... -
Fluid-Power Harvesting by Under-Foot Bellows During Human Gait
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)Pneumatic and hydraulic bellows were investigated for under-foot power harvesting during human walking. Placement under the heel allows the bellow to be compressed during the heel strike of the ... -
Study of Submerged Jet for Suction of Fluid
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)This paper deals with the study of a submerged jet for the suction of unwanted fluid. This submerged jet is caused by the fluid coming out from a source. The presence of a sink in front ... -
Brief Review of Exact Solutions for Slip-Flow in Ducts and Channels
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)Slip flow in ducts is important in numerous contemporary applications, especially microchannel flow. This Note reviews the existing exact solutions for slip flow. These solutions serve as accuracy ... -
Pressure Losses and Limiting Reynolds Numbers for Non-Newtonian Fluids in Short Square-Edged Orifice Plates
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)Correlations predicting the pressure loss coefficient along with the laminar, transitional, and turbulent limiting Reynolds numbers with the β ratio are presented for short square-edged orifice ... -
Spatial Resolution of the Axisymmetric Turbulent Statistics Along Thin Circular Cylinders at High Transverse Curvatures and Low-Re
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)After three decades of accumulated experimental and numerical results, a comprehensive understanding of the spatial evolution of axisymmetric turbulent boundary layers (ATBL) along long thin cylinders ... -
On a Numerical Model for Free Surface Flows of a Conductive Liquid Under an Electrostatic Field
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)In this paper, a numerical model is developed that can simulate the unsteady axisymmetric free-surface flow of a perfectly conductive liquid under an electrostatic field. The effect of the ... -
Influence of Rounded Corners on Flow Interference Due to Square Cylinders Using Immersed Boundary Method
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)The influence of rounded corners on the aerodynamic forces and flow interference has been studied in detail for a uniform flow past two side-by-side arranged square cylinders. The Reynolds ... -
Control of Flow Separation Around Bluff Obstacles by Transverse Magnetic Field
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)Electromagnetic fields may be used to control the flow separation during the flow of electrically conducting fluids around bluff obstacles. The steady separated flow around bluff bodies at low ... -
Characteristic Flow Field Behind a Square-Cylinder Using Upstream Mesh Fences
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)The flow behaviors around a square cylinder were modulated using the passive mesh fence. The effects of Reynolds number (Re) and rotation angle (θ) on the square-cylinder flow fields using ... -
Effect of Pressure on the Flow Properties of Magnetorheological Fluids
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)Magnetorheological (MR) fluids are widely used in the industrial world; however, sometimes their properties fail to meet system requirements. In shear mode, MR fluids have been found to exhibit ... -
Investigation of the Linear Stability Problem of Electrified Jets, Inviscid Analysis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)The instability characteristics of a liquid jet discharging from a nozzle into a stagnant gas are investigated using the linear stability theory. Starting with the equations of motion for ... -
Numerical Simulation of Two-Degree-of-Freedom Vortex-Induced Vibration of a Circular Cylinder Between Two Lateral Plane Walls in Steady Currents
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)Vortex-induced vibration (VIV) of a circular cylinder at a low mass ratio of 1.5 between two lateral walls is investigated numerically. The focus of the study is to examine the effects of ... -
A Two-Way Coupled Polydispersed Two-Fluid Model for the Simulation of Air Entrainment Beneath a Plunging Liquid Jet
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)Plunging liquid jets are commonly encountered in nature and are widely used in industrial applications (e.g., in waterfalls, waste-water treatment, the oxygenation of chemical liquids, etc.). ... -
Design and Experimental Validation of a Ducted Counter-Rotating Axial-Flow Fans System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)An experimental study on the design of counter-rotating axial-flow fans was carried out. The fans were designed using an inverse method. In particular, the system is designed to have a pure ... -
Simulation of Sphere’s Motion Induced by Shock Waves
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)Simulations of experimental results appearing in Jourdan et al. (2007, “Drag Coefficient of a Sphere in a Non-Stationary Flow: New Results,”Proc. R. Soc. London, Ser. A, 463 , pp. 3323–3345) ... -
Development Length in Planar Channel Flows of Newtonian Fluids Under the Influence of Wall Slip
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)This technical brief presents a numerical study regarding the required development length (L=Lfd/H) to reach fully developed flow conditions at the entrance of a planar channel for Newtonian ...