Journal of Fluids Engineering: Recent submissions
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Control of Volumetric Flow-Rate of Ball Valve Using V-Port
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)The control of volume flow rate in a ball valve is very important when a ball valve is utilized in a piping system. It is difficult to linearly control the flow rate in a ball valve ... -
The Gas Penetration Through Viscoelastic Fluids With Shear-Thinning Viscosity in a Tube
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)The penetration of a long gas bubble through a viscoelastic fluid in a tube was studied. Experiments were carried out for two Newtonian and five polymeric solutions to investigate the relation ... -
Low-Speed Aerodynamics, Second Edition
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)Low Speed Aerodynamics, Second Edition, by Joseph Katz and Allen Plotkin. Cambridge Aerospace Series, 2001; 613 pages. -
On Electrical Conductivity Measurements of Molten Metals by Inductive Technique
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)In this paper, we propose a new relationship between the opposing mechanical torque and the electric conductivity of a rotating liquid specimen in a permanent external magnetic field of constant ... -
Quantitative Evaluation of Blood Damage in a Centrifugal VAD by Computational Fluid Dynamics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)This study explores a quantitative evaluation of blood damage that occurs in a continuous flow left ventricular assist device (LVAD) due to fluid stress. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) ... -
Condensation During Discharging of Pneumatic System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)In order to make sure what factors have an effect on condensation, a mathematical model has been established for the discharging process of a pneumatic system using the fluid grid theory, an ... -
A Numerical Analysis of Vapor Flow in Concentric Annular Heat Pipes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)A numerical method based on the SIMPLE algorithm has been developed for the analysis of vapor flow in a concentric annular heat pipe. The steady-state response of a concentric annular heat ... -
Numerical Analysis of Cavitation Instabilities Arising in the Three-Blade Cascade
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)Three types of cavitation instabilities through flat plate cascades, which are similar to “forward rotating cavitation,” “rotating-stall cavitation” and “cavitation surge” occurring in high-speed ... -
Experimental and Numerical Study of Shock Wave Interaction with Perforated Plates
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)The flow developed behind shock wave transmitted through a screen or a perforated plat is initially highly unsteady and nonuniform. It contains multiple shock reflections and interactions with ... -
Flow Patterns of Ice/Water Slurry in Horizontal Pipes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)The authors have observed flow patterns of ice/water slurry flow through horizontal circular pipes, and measured pressure loss for small diameter pipes, using three classes of ice particles. The ... -
An Air Curtain Along a Wall With High Inlet Turbulence
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)A downward blowing isothermal wall jet at moderate Reynolds numbers (1,500 to 8,500) with significant inflow turbulence (ca. 6%) was investigated. The flow configuration is an idealization of ... -
Simulation of Spray Transfer Processes in Electrostatic Rotary Bell Sprayer
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)A numerical study of the spray transfer processes in an electrostatic rotary bell applicator (ESRB) has been conducted utilizing code for a newly developed simulation code. This code consists ... -
Experimental Turbulent Field Modeling by Visualization and Neural Networks
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)Turbulent flow field was modeled based on experimental flow visualization and radial-basis neural networks. Turbulent fluctuations were modeled based on the recorded concentration at various locations ... -
Measurements of Surface-Roughness Effects on the Development of a Vortex Produced by an Inclined Jet in Cross-Flow
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)This study examines the effects of surface roughness on the streamwise development of a vortex created by an isolated circular jet injected at 45 deg pitch and 90 deg skew into a crossflow. ... -
Numerical and Experimental Investigation of an Annular Jet Flow With Large Blockage
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)Unsteady 3-D numerical simulations and 3-D LDA measurements of an annular jet with a blockage ratio of 0.89 and Reynolds number 4400 are presented. At these flow conditions, the flow inside ... -
Phase-Average Mean Flow and Turbulence Structure in a Staggered Cylinder Array Subjected to Pulsating Cross-Flow
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)The unsteady turbulent flow field in a staggered array of cylinders with streamwise and transverse spacing to diameter ratios of 2.1 and 3.6, respectively, was studied experimentally by means ... -
Analysis and Modeling of Pressure Recovery for Separated Reattaching Flows
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)Analyses have been carried out on the mean pressure data for separated reattaching flows downstream of a variety of 2-D bluff-bodies to reveal some similarity features. The step height has ... -
Towards Practical Flow Sensing and Control via POD and LSE Based Low-Dimensional Tools
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)Low-dimensional methods including the Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) and Linear Stochastic Estimation (LSE) have been applied to the flow between a backward facing ramp and an adjustable ... -
Assessment of Reynolds-Averaged Turbulence Models for Prediction of the Flow and Heat Transfer in an Inlet Vane-Endwall Passage
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)Predictions of the flow and thermal fields in an inlet vane passage are obtained via solution of the incompressible Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations. RANS predictions of the ... -
Instability of Inelastic Shear-Thinning Liquids in a Couette Flow Between Concentric Cylinders
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)Circular Couette flow of inelastic shear-thinning materials in annuli is examined. The curved streamlines of the circular Couette flow can cause a centrifugal instability leading to toroidal ...