... The adapted method is firstly implemented to simulate flow through tube bundles and the analyzed simulations have not previously been presented by other researches. Hamed Houri Jafari can be contacted at: hhjafari@modares.ac.ir © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Finite volume methods...

..., and the average Nusselt number increases with increasing Rayleigh number and decreases with increasing fin height. O. Zeitoun can be contacted at: OZeitoun@ksu.edu.sa © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Convection Finite volume methods Numerical analysis C_F...

... A. Białecki can be contacted at: bialecki@itc.polsl.pl © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Simulation Thermal measurement Finite volume methods Heat transfer in brakes influences strongly their efficiency. The friction coefficient of the brake lining drops off quickly...

... of angular nodes r =position vector P. J. Coelho can be contacted at: pedro.coelho@ist.utl.pt © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Heat transfer Finite volume methods Finite element analysis A_k=area of a cell face normal to the kth...

...(a) . The perpendicular distance of the interface MN from the center of cell 1 is h₁. Similarly, h₂ is the perpendicular distance of the interface MN from the center of cell 2. The length of interface MN is l. Finite volume methods Porous materials Numerical...

... is done by a finite volume method. A collocated grid cell‐center formulation is used. The pressure‐correction procedure is set up in the usual way for a compressible flow problem. The conventional Rhie‐Chow interpolation methodology for the determination of the transporting velocity, and the conventional...

... being the blade span (300 mm). Both numerical results agree quite well with the experimental data of Hildebrandt and Fottner (1999) . P. De Palma can be contacted at: depalma@poliba.it © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Finite volume methods Compressible flow Turbines...

... The numerical approach is based on a multi block finite volume method and using a Riemann's solver based on a MUSCL‐TVD algorithm. In the flux splitting procedure the modified speed of sound, due to the electronic mode, is implemented. Findings A good description of the shock standoff distance, of the wall...

... a constant mean value. Design/methodology/approach The Darcy model is used in the mathematical modeling of the natural convection in porous cavity. A finite volume method based on QUICK scheme is used to solve numerically the non‐dimensional governing equations. Findings It is found that the average...

.../methodology/approach A two‐dimensional axi‐symmetric numerical simulation has been made using a finite volume method that employs unstructured grids with cell‐wise local refinement and an interface capturing scheme to predict the shape of the free surface of water in a cylindrical vessel, thus simulating...

...‐dimensional blocked‐off‐region procedure was presented and implemented in a numerical code based on the finite volume method to model combined conductive and radiative heat transfer in complex geometries. This formulation was developed and tested in three‐dimensional complex enclosures with diffuse reflective...

... of independent numerical and experimental investigations. Following the models validation, the two‐dimensional distributions of the flow characteristics were examined. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Flow Heat transfer Mass transfer Numerical analysis Finite volume methods...

...=derivative in this direction n=nth time step © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Elastic properties (fluids) Differential equations Finite volume methods Flow a, b=parameters influencing grid movement i=ith grid point...

.... Additionally, we study the patterns of the most dangerous perturbations, which qualitatively describe the supercritical convective states. Thermal stability Finite volume methods Rotational motion Fluid flow is extremely important in a wide variety of materials processing because it determines...

... is based on the finite volume method and uses a co‐located computational grid. The considered turbulence models are all the so‐called low Reynolds number models. Our recent investigations show that linear and non‐linear two‐equation turbulence models can be used for impinging jet heat transfer predictions...

.... The top and the bottom walls are wavy and kept isothermal. Two straight‐vertical sidewalls are considered adiabatic. Governing equations are discretized using the control volume based finite‐volume method with collocated variable arrangement. Simulation was carried out for a range of surface waviness...