A detailed review and analysis of the hydrodynamic characteristics of laminar developing and fully developed flows in noncircular ducts is presented. New models are proposed, which simplify the prediction of the friction factor–Reynolds product f Re for developing and fully developed flows in most noncircular duct geometries found in heat exchanger applications. By means of scaling analysis it ...

heart failure (hf) is a common disease with high health care costs and high mortality rate knowledge of the health-related quality of life (qol) outcomes of hf may guide decision making and be useful in assessing new therapies for population. yet little is known about qol of hf patients in iran. objectives: to assess health related qol of patients with hf with two different instrument and to co...

Particles suspended in fluid flow through a closed duct can focus to specific stable locations the cross-section due hydrodynamic forces arising from inertia of disturbed fluid. Such particle focusing is exploited biomedical and industrial technologies separate particles by size. In curved ducts, result balance between two dominant on particle: (i) inertial lift small fluid, (ii) drag cross-sec...

AIM To evaluate the bending fatigue lifetime of nickel-titanium alloy (NiTi) and stainless steel (SS) endodontic files using finite element analysis. METHODOLOGY The strain-life approach was adopted and two theoretical geometry profiles, the triangular (TR) and the square cross-sections, were considered. Both low-cycle fatigue (LCF) lifetime and high-cycle fatigue (HCF) lifetime were evaluate...

sometimes the need for non-circular ducts arises in many heat transfer applications because of lower pressure drop of non-circular cross section such as square duct compared to circular tube, particularly in compact heat. but square cross section has poor heat transfer performance and it is expected that using a nanofluid as a new heat transfer media may improve the heat transfer performance of...