Related papers: Compressible single-phase flows in heated and cool…
Our goal is to investigate fundamental properties of the system of internally cooled convection. The system consists of an upward thermal flux at the lower boundary, a mean temperature lapse-rate and a constant cooling term in the bulk with…
A study of the the main features of low- and high amplitude steady streamwise wall transpiration applied to pipe flow is presented. The effect of the two transpiration parameters, amplitude and wavenumber, on the flow have been investigated…
A simple and efficient one-dimensional discrete Boltzmann method is developed for compressible flows with tunable specific heat ratios by incorporating extra degrees of freedom. To guarantee Galilean invariance in numerical simulations, a…
A novel adjoint-based framework oriented to optimal flow control in compressible direct numerical simulations is presented. Also, a new formulation of the adjoint characteristic boundary conditions is introduced, which enhances the…
Single-phase natural circulation thermosiphon loops have been attracting increased interest as they represent the prototype of passive safety systems. However, the stability properties of thermosiphon loops, which can affect and compromise…
I review the multiphase cooling flow equations that reduce to a relatively simple form for a wide class of self-similar density distributions described by a single parameter, $k$. It is shown that steady-state cooling flows are \emph{not}…
The exhaust flow of a Pulse Detonation Combustor (PDC) is investigated for different operating conditions. The PDC consists of two units, the deflagration to detonation transition section and the exhaust tube with a straight nozzle.…
We present an alternative "encapsulated" formulation of the Selective Frequency Damping method for finding unstable equilibria of dynamical systems, which is particularly useful when analysing the stability of fluid flows. The formulation…
We use a one dimensional symmetric exclusion model to study pressure and osmosis driven flows through molecular-sized channels, such as biological membrane channels and zeolite pores. Analytic expressions are found for the steady-state flow…
This study numerically examines the steady unconfined laminar flow of incompressible non-Newtonian power-law fluids past a pair of side-by-side counter-rotating circular cylinders using the finite element method. The cylinders…
The stratified inclined duct (SID) flow provides a canonical model for sustained, buoyancy-driven exchange between two reservoirs of different density, and emerges as a new paradigm in geophysical fluid dynamics. Yet, the flow dynamics…
We investigate two dimensional steady Euler-Poisson system which describe the motion of compressible self-gravitating flows. The unique existence and stability of subsonic flows in a duct of finite length are obtained when prescribing the…
This paper investigates the bistability of curved compression ramp (CCR) flows. It reports that both separated and attached states can be stably established even for the same boundary conditions, revealing that the ultimate stable states of…
This work presents a unified numerical framework for simulating incompressible flows within the coupled fluid-porous-medium system and involving heat and solute transport and phase-changing process. A complete set of governing equations is…
The focus of this study is to understand the evolution of instability in centrifugal buoyancy-induced flow in a rotating system. The problem is of interest in atmospheric flows as well as in engineering applications. In this study, we…
The speed of sound in two-phase pipe flow systems is often several orders of magnitude greater than the travelling speed of hydraulic information (volume fractions.) Dynamically simulating such flows requires resolution of acoustic and…
A simple model of the driven motion of interacting particles in a two dimensional random medium is analyzed, focusing on the critical behavior near to the threshold that separates a static phase from a flowing phase with a steady-state…
In this paper, we formulated the non-steady flow due to the uniformly accelerated and rotating circular cylinder from rest in a stationary, viscous, incompressible and micropolar fluid. This flow problem is examined numerically by adopting…
We analyse numerically the linear stability of the fully developed flow of a liquid metal in a rectangular duct subject to a transverse magnetic field. The walls of the duct perpendicular to the magnetic field are perfectly conducting…
Thermal choking in combustor ducts is a matter of great interest to researchers involved in the design and analysis of combustors. In case of scramjet combustors, a thermally choked state is undesirable whereas for a dual-mode combustor in…