...L.C. Ruspini; E. Dari; C. Padra; G.H. Paissan; N.N. Salva Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present applications of the topological optimization method dealing with fluid dynamic problems in two- and three dimensions. The main goal is to develop a tool package able to optimize topology...

... favourably, both in terms of solution time and accuracy achieved, with alternative approaches, implemented in in‐house and commercial codes. Sergio Rodolfo Idelsohn can be contacted at: sergio@cimne.upc.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Fluids Flow Fluid dynamics Navier‐Stokes...

... (2003) combined the ideas of high‐order spectral/hp methods from computational fluid dynamics with least‐squares variational principles. The Navier‐Stokes equations were expressed as an equivalent set of first‐order equations by introducing additional independent variables and then the least...

...S. Askari; M.H. Shojaeefard; K. Goudarzi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to carry out a comprehensive study of compressible flow over double wedge and biconvex airfoils using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and three analytical models including shock and expansion wave theory, Busemann's...

... safety operating by computational fluid dynamics. Pumps Fluid dynamics Force measurement Water supply engineering China The Taipuhe Pump Station is a key water conservation project for the Taipuhe valley. The pump station is located east of Tai Lake near Wujiang in Jiangsu Province...

...) represent the simplest abstract form of the coupled equations for a FSI problem. The performance of a given coupling algorithm can be therefore assessed by applying it to the solution of Equations (6) and (7). Fluids Structures Flow Fluid dynamics Programming and algorithm theory Iterative methods...

...Nuno Serra; Viriato Semiao Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare two different ventilation strategies, displacement and mixing, in heat, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems with recourse to computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Design/methodology/approach The flow...

... measurement Fluid dynamics Flow Discrete element method (DEM) has been developed and used over the past 30 years for modelling many applications, starting with small systems in simple geometries in two dimensions, such as periodic cells and chute flows, small hoppers and shear cells (Cundall...

...Bing Shi; Ye Jin Purpose This paper aims to develop an assembly behaviour dynamic model of reheat stop valve assembly under run‐time situations and combined (assembly error, friction, fluid dynamics and thermal load behaviour) and to carry out assembly process evaluation and optimisation...

... to improve the solution in zones where large motions of the fluid or the structure occur. A. Larese can be contacted at: antoldt@cimne.upc.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Flow Simulation Fluid dynamics Finite element analysis The availability of sufficient computer...

... grids. Practical implications The inclusion of a high‐order reconstruction of the point‐wise velocity field is a simple and effective method of enhancing the accuracy of a finite volume code for the computational fluid dynamics analysis. Originality/value The paper develops an improved version...

... Fluid dynamics Flow Structural analysis Coupled multiphysics problems are important in real engineering applications. Because of the complexity of the nature, numerical techniques such as the finite element method (FEM) have been applied to coupled problems. There is an extensive amount...

...X.L. Liu; W.Q. Tao; Y.L. He Purpose To provide an improved version of SIMPLER algorithm which can enhance the convergence rate of the iterative solution procedure in the field of computational fluid dynamics analysis. Design/methodology/approach The improved version of SIMPLER algorithm...

... and algorithm theory Finite element analysis Contamination Hazards Fluid dynamics The most straightforward way to code the release locations into chromosomes is by defining them to be the parameters 0≤αⁱ≤1. An instantiation is then given by . The population required...