Fluid flow and convective heat transfer in rotor-stator configurations, which are of great importance in different engineering applications, are treated in details in this review. The review focuses on convective heat transfer in predominantly outward air flow in the rotor-stator geometries with and without impinging jets and incorporates two main parts, namely, experimental/theoretical methodo...

We have modeled irradiated planets located near a dM5 and a G2 primary star. The impinging radiation field was explicitly included in the solution of the radiative transfer equation and in the computation of the atmospheric structure. We find that large errors in both the thermal and reflected flux will result from models which do not include the impinging radiation in a self-consistent manner....

The fundamentals of neuronal membrane excitability are globally described using the Hodgkin-Huxley (HH) model. The HH model, however, does not account for a number of biophysical phenomena associated with action potentials or propagating nerve impulses. Physical mechanisms underlying these processes, such as reversible heat transfer and axonal swelling, have been compartmentalized and separatel...

Abstract—A cold, thin film of liquid impinging on an isothermal hot, horizontal surface has been investigated. An approximate solution for the velocity and temperature distributions in the flow along the horizontal surface is developed, which exploits the hydrodynamic similarity solution for thin film flow. The approximate solution may provide a valuable basis for assessing flow and heat transf...

Rodent ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) are a vital tool for linking gene mutations to behavior in mouse models of communication disorders, such as autism [1]. However, we currently lack an understanding of how physiological and physical mechanisms combine to generate acoustic features of the vocalizations, and thus cannot meaningfully relate those features to experimental treatments. Here we te...

Concentrating photovoltaic thermal (CPVT) solar collectors can be regarded as a promising technology, they are capable of providing renewable electricity and industrial heat simultaneously. The development novel CPVT receiver for linear Fresnel concentrator requires detailed knowledge about the optical performance utilised mirror field. Therefore, this paper presents generic model such concentr...

The interaction of an impinging oblique shock wave with angle 30° and a supersonic turbulent boundary layer at Ma?=2.9 Re? = 2400 over wavy-wall is investigated through direct numerical simulation compared the on flat-plate under same flow conditions. A sinusoidal amplitude to wavelength ratio 0.26 moves in streamwise direction uniformly distributed across spanwise direction. influences interac...

Sewer bend manholes are frequent elements of urban drainage systems. Any deviation straight-lined supercritical flow, as within the manhole, generates shock waves, possibly impinging at manhole end or imposing a hydraulic jump. Then free-surface flow regime abruptly breaks down and backwater effects occur. Thus it is important to know maximum discharge that safely can pass across function its g...

All-dielectric sub-micrometric particles have been successfully exploited for light management in a plethora of applications at visible and near-infrared frequencies. However, the investigation intricacies Mie resonances sub-wavelength scale has hampered by limitations conventional near-field methods. In this paper, we address spatial spectral mapping multipolar modes Si island hyper-spectral i...