The onset of Marangoni convection in a horizontal fluid layer with internal heat generation overlying a solid layer heated from below is studied. The upper free surface of a fluid is nondeformable and the bottom boundary are rigid and no-slip. The resulting eigenvalue problem is solved exactly. The critical values of the Marangoni numbers for the onset of Marangoni convection are calculated and...

On the basis of introducing the origin and development of finite time thermodynamics (FTT), this paper reviews the progress in FTT optimization for internal combustion engine (ICE) cycles from the following four aspects: the studies on the optimum performances of air standard endoreversible (with only the irreversibility of heat resistance) and irreversible ICE cycles, including Otto, Diesel, A...

The present work illustrates the variable viscosity of dust nanofluid runs over a permeable stretched sheet with thermal radiation. The problem has been modelled mathematically introducing the mixed convective condition and magnetic effect. Additionally analysis of entropy generation and Bejan number provides the fine points of the flow. The of model equations are transformed into non-linear or...

In the present study the problem of mixed convection flow in the presence of magnetic field in a lid-driven square cavity with internal heat generation or absorption and uniform heating of bottom wall were investigated numerically. The square cavity vertical walls are maintained at cold temperature while the upper wall is insulated. The physical problem is then expressed mathematically by a set...

Temperature prescription and control is important within biological media and in bioheat transport applications such as in hyperthermia cancer treatment in which the unhealthy tissue/organ is subject to an imposed heat flux. Thermal transport investigation and optimization is also important in designing heat management devices and small-scale porous-filled-channels utilized in electronic and bi...