Tuning heat transport via boundary layer topographies

Study of Boundary Layer Convective Heat Transfer with Low Pressure Gradient Over a Flat Plate Via He’s Homotopy Perturbation Method

Superparameterization of Oceanic Boundary Layer Transport

One of the most difficult processes which limit our ability to generate realistic, high-resolution simulations of the ocean state is intermittent nature of oceanic turbulence related to the presence of coherent structures at wide range of scales when simple parameterizations based on eddy diffusion concepts do not necessarily provide the correct answer. The coherent vortices have life-times in ...

“Maximum” entropy production in self-organized plasma boundary layer: A thermodynamic discussion about turbulent heat transport

A thermodynamic model of a plasma boundary layer, characterized by enhanced temperature contrasts and “maximum entropy production,” is proposed. The system shows bifurcation if the heat flux entering through the inner boundary exceeds a critical value. The state with a larger temperature contrast !larger entropy production" sustains a self-organized flow. An inverse cascade of energy is propose...

Turbulent boundary layer structure identification via POD

Proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) is applied to the direct numerical simulation (DNS) of a turbulent boundary layer performed by Wu & Moin (2010), and the resulting POD modes of various scales are examined. The modes include structures resembling those observed in instantaneous flow fields, such as large-scale motions of streamwise velocity with ramp-like wall-normal growth. Other modes cor...

Three-Dimensional Boundary Layer Flow and Heat Transfer of a Dusty Fluid Towards a Stretching Sheet with Convective Boundary Conditions

The steady three-dimensional boundary layer flow and heat transfer of a dusty fluid towards a stretching sheet with convective boundary conditions is investigated by using similarity solution approach. The free stream along z-direction impinges on the stretching sheet to produce a flow with different velocity components. The governing equations are reduced into ordinary differential equations b...