Heat transfer to a fluid passing through a channel filled with porous materials is the subject of this investigation. It includes the derivation of the temperature solutions in channels having different cross sectional geometries. Primarily, consideration is given to a modified Graetz problem in parallel plate channels and circular tubes. This presentation includes numerical features of the exa...

This paper describes the use of genetic algorithms (GAs) for the optimal design of phononic bandgaps in periodic elastic two-phase media. In particular, we link a GA with a computational finite element method for solving the acoustic wave equation, and find optimal designs for both metal–matrix composite systems consisting of Ti/SiC, and H2O-filled porous ceramic media, by maximizing the relati...

Near-stoichiometric NiTi with up to 18% closed porosity was produced by expansion at 1200 degrees C of argon-filled pores trapped by powder metallurgy within a NiTi billet. When optimally heat-treated, NiTi with 6-16% porosity exhibits superelasticity, with recoverable compressive strains up to 6% at a maximum compressive stress up to 1700 MPa. The apparent Young's modulus of NiTi with 16% poro...

Semi-Flexible Pavement (SFP) is a composite type of pavement produced by manufacturing porous asphalt mixes using open graded aggregate gradation to create 20-35% voids filled with grout (cement paste, cement mortar, etc.….). The resulting has the flexibility and some strength concrete pavement. current study focused on investigation widely available (in Iraq) waste material namely Rice Husk As...

We developed and tested a theoretical model for the attachment of fluid-infused porous supra-particles to a fluid-liquid interface. We considered the wetting behaviour of agglomerated clusters of particles, typical of powdered materials dispersed in a liquid, as well as of the adsorption of liquid-infused colloidosomes at the liquid-fluid interface. The free energy of attachment of a composite ...