Nanofluids are new heat transfer fluids, which improve thermal performance while reducing the size of systems. In this study, the numerical domain as a three-dimensional copper mini tube was simulated to study the characteristics of flow and heat transfer of CuO/H2O nanofluid, flowed horizontally within it. The selected model for this study was a two-phase mixture model. The results ...

Recently, by analyzing the measurement data of Nikuradze [NACA Tech. Memo No. 1292 (1950)], it has been proposed [N. Goldenfeld, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 044503 (2006)] that the friction factor, f , of rough-pipe flow obeys a scaling law in the turbulent regime. Here, we provide a phenomenological scaling argument to explain this law and demonstrate how intermittency modifies the scaling form, ther...

Even though there exist lots of documents on Finite Element Strength Reduction Method, cohesion and internal friction angle in these materials are reduced through the same reduction factor, which fails to reflect either of their safe reserving quality or the quality to precisely match slope failure process and mechanism. As is known, the exterior angle circumcircle yield criterion DP1 of the ge...

attempts have been made for the first time to produce a friction material with thermal sensitive modulus by the inclusion of combined plastic/rubber properties of thermoplastic elastomers (tpe) as viscoelastic polymeric materials into the formulation for the purpose of increasing the damping behavior. in order to evaluate the viscoelastic parameters such as loss factor (tan δ) and elastic modul...

The average bed shear stress and bed friction factor of samples with any roughness was derived from the head loss between upstream and downstream of a test section in an erosion tunnel. The method was validated in both hydraulically smooth (plexiglass; Reynolds number less than 25,000) and rough regimes (calibrated particles with known roughness). As a first step toward using this method on nat...

The objective of the current experimental program is to generate data for liquid flow through micro-channels. The channel dimensions are 0.9 mm deep x 0.5 mm width. Rectangular seven micro-channels each of 70 mm long were cut on a stainless steel substrate (100 mm x 100 mm x 10 mm) by Electro Discharge Machining (EDM) technique. Covering the top with another plate formed the channels. The liqui...

Friction is the result of complex interactions between contacting surfaces in a nanoscale perspective. Depending on the application, the di erent models available are more or less suitable. Available static friction models are typically considered to be dependent only on relative speed of interacting surfaces. However, it is known that friction can be a ected by other factors than speed. In thi...