Please cite this article in press as: M. Sankar et a Mass Transfer (2012), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016 Double-diffusive convection in a vertical annulus filled with a fluid-saturated porous medium is numerically investigated with the aim to understand the effects of a discrete source of heat and solute on the fluid flow and heat and mass transfer rates. The porous annulus is subject to heat and m...

Numerical investigation for the steady-state laminar nanofluid 2D natural convection in a partially heated porous cavity equipped with two fins at hot wall under effect of uniform magnetic field is carried out. Effects wide ranges variables including: Hartman number (0?80), direction (0o?90°), Rayleigh (103?106), Darcy (10–2?10–5), nano-solid particles volume fraction (? = 0% and 6%), length at...

A numerical investigation is carried out to investigate the transitional flow behaviour of nanofluids flow in an inclined pipe using both single and multi-phase models. Two different nanofluids are considered, and these are Al2O3–water and TiO2–water nanofluids. Moreover, SST κ − ω transitional model is implemented to study the nanofluids flow in inclined pipe. Gravitational force is also adopt...

Numerical solutions of convection–diffusion equations obtained using the Streamline–Upwind Petrov–Galerkin (SUPG) stabilisation typically possess spurious oscillations at layers. Spurious Oscillations at Layers Diminishing (SOLD) methods aim to suppress or at least diminish these oscillations without smearing the layers extensively. In the recent review by John and Knobloch (2007), numerical st...

in this paper, the flow around bluff bodies with different cross sections and determination of forces acts on them are investigated.this paper presents the results of a numerical study on the flow characteristics and heat transfer over two equal square cylinders in a tandem arrangement. spacing between the cylinders is 5 widths of the cylinder and the reynolds number ranges from 1 to 200, pr=0....

A lattice Boltzmann model is developed by coupling the density (D2Q9) and the temperature distribution functions with 9-speed to simulate the convection heat transfer utilizing Al2O3-water nanofluids in a square cavity. This model is validated by comparing numerical simulation and experimental results over a wide range of Rayleigh numbers. Numerical results show a satisfactory agreement between...