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Hua Zhu, Dechao Li, Henglin Pu, Limin Wang, Yang He, Yufan Bu and Defu Che
An inherent defect of the operating rotary air preheaters (RAPH) is known as leakage, which seriously hinders the efficient and safe operation of RAPH. It is significant for the estimation of the direct leakage to determine the effects of different struc...
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Younes Menni, Ali J. Chamkha, Houari Ameur, Mustafa Inc
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Improving the hydrodynamic characteristics of STHECs (Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger Channels) by using BVGs (Baffle-type Vortex Generators) is among the common passive methods due to their proved efficiency. In this computational investigation, the ...
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Younes Menni, Ahmed Azzi, Ali J. Chamkha
Pág. 209 - 217
Computational fluid dynamic simulations were conducted to analysis the influences of two different deflector orientations on turbulent forced-convection flow and skin friction loss of two-dimensional horizontal rectangular cross section channels with upp...
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Thomas Neil McManus, Ana Rosa and Assed Haddad
This article describes the development and demonstration of a non-intrusive method for the quantitative determination of speed of air movement along the ground and inside an isolated subsurface structure, a type of confined space. Natural ventilation occ...
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Youssef El Halal, Crístofer H. Marques, Luiz A. O. Rocha, Liércio A. Isoldi, Rafael de L. Lemos, Cristiano Fragassa and Elizaldo D. dos Santos
In the present work it is performed a numerical study for simulation of turbulent air and water flows in a nozzle based on the Coanda effect named H.O.M.E.R. (High-Speed Orienting Momentum with Enhanced Reversibility). The main purposes of this work are ...
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Can Kang, Xin Yang and Yuli Wang
The concept of a vertical-axis spiral wind rotor is proposed and implemented in the interest of adapting it to air flows from all directions and improving the rotor?s performance. A comparative study is performed between the proposed rotor and convention...
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Anja Martina Grudzielanek and Jan Cermak
Micro-scale cold-air flow along a gentle slope was analyzed using thermal infrared imaging (TIR), focusing exclusively on the lowermost 2 m above ground. Cold-air pulses were analyzed with regard to their vertical temperature stratification as well as fl...
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Ondrej ?ikula, Jitka Mohelníková and Josef Plá?ek
Tubular light guides are applicable for daylighting of windowless areas in buildings. Despite their many positive indoor climate aspects they can also present some problems with heat losses and condensation. A computer CFD model focused on the evaluation...
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Shimin Wang, Zhigang Shen and Linxia Gu
A 2D unsteady computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model is employed to simulate buoyancy-driven turbulent ventilation in attics with different pitch values and ceiling insulation levels under summer conditions. The impacts of roof pitch and ceiling insula...
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Azim Hosseini, Sasan Tavakoli, Abbas Dashtimanesh, Prasanta K. Sahoo and Mihkel Kõrgesaar
This paper presents CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulations of the performance of a planing hull in a calm-water condition, aiming to evaluate similarities and differences between results of different CFD models. The key differences between these ...
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Abdulghani Mohamed, Matthew Marino, Simon Watkins, Justin Jaworski and Anya Jones
There is a growing desire to operate Uncrewed Air Vehicles (UAVs) in urban environments for parcel delivery, and passenger-carrying air taxis for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). The turbulent flows and gusts around buildings and other urban infrastructure c...
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Awais Raza, Wuyi Wan and Kashif Mehmood
Spillway is a crucial hydraulic structure used to discharge excess water from the dam reservoir. Air entrainment is essential to prevent cavitation damage on the spillway, however, without air entrainment the risk of cavitation over the spillway increase...
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Juan José Rebollo, David López, Luis Garrote, Tamara Ramos, Rubén Díaz and Ricardo Herrero
Energy dissipation structures play an important role in flood risk management. Many variables need to be considered for the design of these structures. Aeration has been one of the more studied phenomena over the last years, due to its influence in the p...
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Daniel B. Bung and Daniel Valero
As with most high-velocity free-surface flows, stepped spillway flows become self-aerated when the drop height exceeds a critical value. Due to the step-induced macro-roughness, the flow field becomes more turbulent than on a similar smooth-invert chute....
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Younes Menni, Ahmed Azzi
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A computational fluid dynamic analysis of thermal and aerodynamic fields for an incompressible steady-state flow of a Newtonian fluid through a two-dimensional horizontal rectangular section channel with upper and lower wall-attached, vertical, staggered...
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Olga Ermakova, Nikita Rusakov, Evgeny Poplavsky, Daniil Sergeev and Yuliya Troitskaya
The intensity of tropical cyclones is highly dependent on air?sea enthalpy and momentum exchange. At extreme wind speeds, the values of the enthalpy, CK, and momentum, CD, exchange coefficients are characterized by high uncertainty. The present study aim...
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Leander Hake, Stephan Sundermeier and Stefan aus der Wiesche
The results of profile loss measurements, including trailing edge flow details, are presented for the flow of an organic vapor through a linear turbine cascade. The so-called VKI-I blade profile from the open literature was chosen for the cascade, and th...
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Christian Windemuth, Martin Lange and Ronald Mailach
A significant share of the conversion of thermal into electrical energy is realized by steam turbines. Formerly designed for continuous operation, today?s requirements include extended part load operation that can be accompanied by highly unstable flow c...
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Maria Graça Neves, Eric Didier, Moisés Brito and María Clavero
This paper presents a study of run-up/overtopping over a smooth impermeable dike with promenade using 2D and 3D mesh-based and mesh-free numerical models and results from 2D physical modelling for strong energetic incident waves. These waves induce plung...
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Younes Menni, Ali J. Chamkha, Chafika Zidani, Boumédiène Benyoucef
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A computational analysis has been conducted to investigate turbulent flow and convective thermal transfer characteristics in a two-dimensional horizontal rectangular section channel with a hot lower wall-mounted diamond-shaped baffle. The calculations ar...
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