Journal of Fluids Engineering: Recent submissions
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Effect of Capsule Density and Concentration on Pressure Drops of Spherical Capsule Train Conveyed by Water
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This experimental investigation concerns the hydraulic transport of a spherical capsule train, whose density is equal to that of water (relative density; s=1), in horizontal pipes. In a system ... -
Single Phase Compressible Steady Flow in Pipes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)In general, the computation of single phase subsonic mass velocity of gas flowing through a pipe requires a computerized iterative analysis. The equations for the friction factor for laminar ... -
Assessment of the Performance of Acoustic and Mass Balance Methods for Leak Detection in Pipelines for Transporting Liquids
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)On-line leak detection is a main concern for the safe operation of pipelines. Acoustic and mass balance are the most important and extensively applied technologies in field problems. The objective ... -
General Geometrical Model of Scroll Compression Chamber for Scroll Fluid Machine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)For a scroll fluid machine with an arbitrary number of scroll wraps on its individual scroll, the phase difference between adjacent scroll profiles on one scroll is defined as the characteristic ... -
An Experimental Investigation for Bubble Rising in Non-Newtonian Fluids and Empirical Correlation of Drag Coefficient
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The velocity, shape, and trajectory of the rising bubble in polyacrylamide (PAM) and carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) aqueous solutions were experimentally investigated using a set of homemade velocimeters ... -
High-Resolution Numerical Simulation of Low Reynolds Number Incompressible Flow About Two Cylinders in Tandem
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Low Reynolds number steady and unsteady incompressible flows over two circular cylinders in tandem are numerically simulated for a range of Reynolds numbers with varying gap size. The governing ... -
Compressible Laminar Wake of a Thin Flat Plate
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1970)A finite difference solution is presented for the laminar, compressible wake behind a flat plate at zero angle of attack. The solution of the boundary layer equations is carried out in the ... -
Vorticity Dynamics in Axial Compressor Flow Diagnosis and Design—Part II: Methodology and Application of Boundary Vorticity Flux
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)In a companion paper (2008, “Vorticity Dynamics in Axial Compressor Flow Diagnosis and Design,” ASME J. Fluids Eng., 130, p. 041102), a study has been made on the critical role of circumferential ... -
Slip Flow in the Hydrodynamic Entrance Region of Circular and Noncircular Microchannels
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Microscale fluid dynamics has received intensive interest due to the emergence of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology. When the mean free path of the gas is comparable to the ... -
Computational Investigation of a Race Car Wing With Vortex Generators in Ground Effect
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Vortex generators can be applied to control separation in flows with adverse pressure gradients, such as wings. In this paper, a study using three-dimensional steady computations for an inverted ... -
A Method to Generate Propulsor Side Forces
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)A computational study was performed to investigate a method to generate vehicle maneuvering forces from a propulsor alone. A ducted, preswirl propulsor was configured with an upstream stator row ... -
Comparison of Experiments and Simulation of Joule Heating in ac Electrokinetic Chips
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)ac electrokinetic manipulations of particles and fluids are important techniques in the development of lab-on-a-chip technologies. Most of these systems involve planar micro-electrode geometries, ... -
Wave Propagation in Thin-Walled Aortic Analogues
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Research on wave propagation in liquid filled vessels is often motivated by the need to understand arterial blood flows. Theoretical and experimental investigation of the propagation of waves ... -
An Initial Value Method for the Solution of a Class of Nonlinear Equations in Fluid Mechanics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1970)An initial value method is introduced in this paper for the solution of a class of nonlinear two-point boundary value problems. The method can be applied to the class of equations where ... -
Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Axial Flow Along an Array of Rods
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Large eddy simulation (LES) is employed in this paper to model the axial flow along a circular array of rods with a focus on anisotropic large-scale turbulence. The circular array consists ... -
A Single-Stage Centripetal Pump—Design Features and an Investigation of the Operating Characteristics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)In this paper, we present an experimental and numerical investigation of a single-stage centripetal pump (SSCP). This SSCP is designed to operate in the pump regime, while forcing the working ... -
On the Relationships Among Strouhal Number, Pressure Drag, and Separation Pressure for Blocked Bluff-Body Flow
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Strouhal number, pressure drag, and separation pressure are some of the intrinsic parameters for investigating the flow around a bluff-body. An attempt is made to formulate a relationship involving ... -
On the Streamwise Development of Density Jumps
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The analysis of density jumps in two-layer channel flows of miscible fluids controlled by a downstream obstruction, in which one of the layers is infinitely deep and at rest, is extended to ... -
Experimental Study of a Cavitating Centrifugal Pump During Fast Startups
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The startup of rocket engine turbopumps is generally performed only in a few seconds. It implies that these pumps reach their nominal operating conditions after only a few rotations. During ... -
Computational and Experimental Studies on Cavity Filling Process by Cold Gas Dynamic Spray
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Time-dependent computational simulations on cavity filling process by cold gas dynamic spray and powder jet deposition process ranging from microscale to macroscale were carried out in order to ...