Hydrodynamic and Thermodynamic Behavior of Liquid Methane in a Vertical Feed Pipe [PDF]
Journal of Applied Fluid MechanicsDuring the chill-down procedure for a space application system, a multiphase flow of extremely cold propellants will undoubtedly occur in the feed lines.
K. Raj, P. R. L. Raj
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Three-Bladed Horizontal Axis Water Turbine Simulations with Free Surface Effects
International Journal of Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2021 The water level above a hydrokinetic turbine is likely to vary throughout the season and even along the day. In this work, the influence of the free surface on the performance of a three bladed horizontal-axis turbine is explored by means of a three ...
L. Rodríguez +2 more
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Beyond VoF: alternative OpenFOAM solvers for numerical wave tanks [PDF]
Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy, 2020 AbstractThe vast majority of numerical wave tank applications are solved using finite volume-based, volume of fluid methods. One popular numerical modelling framework is OpenFOAM and its two phase solvers, interFoam and interIsoFoam, enabling the simulation of a broad range of marine hydrodynamic phenomena.
Pál Schmitt +4 more
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A combined experimental and computational fluid dynamics analysis of the dynamics of drop formation [PDF]
, 2005 This article presents a complementary experimental and computational investigation of the effect of viscosity and flowrate on the dynamics of drop formation in the dripping mode.
Chen H. H. +5 more
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Applied Sciences, 2020 Liquid holdup and wetting efficiency are essential parameters for design of trickle bed reactors. Both parameters play an important role in reactor performance including pressure drop, conversion, and heat transfer.
Hao Deng +4 more
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Intensification of the Near Wall Collapsing Bubble Induced Jet Using an Opposite Secondary Wall
Journal of Fluid Science and Technology, 2008 Effects of an opposite secondary wall for intensification of the liquid jet that is formed through the near wall bubble collapse were numerically investigated. The axisymmetric form of the Navier-Stokes equations was solved to predict the flow conditions
Roozbeh MOUSAVI Belfeh Teymouri +1 more
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Numerical Wave Simulation Using Geometrical VOF Method Based on OpenFOAM
Shanghai Jiaotong Daxue xuebao, 2021 Numerical wave simulation is a significant research topic. In this paper, the open source computational fluid dynamics (CFD) platform, OpenFOAM, is utilized to simulate Stokes fifth-order waves.
TIAN Kang +4 more
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Numerical analysis of the hydrodynamic behaviour of immiscible metallic alloys in twin-screw rheomixing process [PDF]
, 2006 A numerical analysis by a VOF method is presented for studying the hydrodynamic mechanisms of the rheomixing process by a twin-screw extruder (TSE). The simplified flow field is established based on a systematic analysis of flow features of immiscible ...
Fan, Z, Tang, H, Wrobel, L C
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Physical and numerical modeling for the investigation of downstream scour caused by sudden blockage in circular and box culvert inlets [PDF]
Journal of Applied Research in Water and WastewaterThis paper presents a comprehensive experimental and numerical study using non-cohesive uniform sand (d50 = 2 mm). The study investigates the impact of local scour downstream of four model culverts with different barrel shapes and inlet blockage sizes ...
Saeed Gohari, Somayeh Karimpour
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Level-Set Interface Description Approach for Thermal Phase Change of Nanofluids
Nanomaterials, 2022 Simulations of thermally driven phase change phenomena of nanofluids are still in their infancy. Locating the gas–liquid interface location as precisely as possible is one of the primary problems in simulating such flows.
Ali Yahyaee +3 more
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