Fluids, Volume 10, Issue 7

The use of implants in the trachea is increasing in respiratory diseases as an alternative to address pathological problems with airway obstruction. This article presents the design and development of a three-way cannula and its evaluation in a testb...

Infectious diseases can spread through virus-laden respiratory droplets exhaled into the air. Ventilation systems are crucial in indoor settings as they can dilute or eliminate these droplets, underscoring the importance of understanding their effica...

Understanding the rheological properties of fresh cement slurries is essential to maintain optimal pumpability, achieve dependable zonal isolation, and preserve long-term well integrity in oil and gas cementing operations and the 3D printing cement a...

Numerous dark linear recurrent features called Recurring Slope Lineae (RSL) are observed on Martian surfaces, hypothesized as footprints of high-salinity liquid flow. This paper experimentally examined this “wet hypothesis” by analyzing t...

Presented in this work is a harmonic balance (HB)-based pseudo-time code-coupling approach applied to a one-degree-of-freedom vortex-induced vibration (VIV) problem of a circular cylinder in a low-Reynolds-number laminar flow regime. Unlike physical...

Thermal energy storage plays a vital role in enhancing the efficiency of energy systems, particularly in building applications. Phase change materials (PCMs) have gained significant attention as a passive solution for energy management within buildin...

The dam break flow problem consists of the phenomena where a fluid is suddenly released and is often used as a test case for multiphase flows numerical models or to analyze the underlying physics of complex free surface flows of both Newtonian and no...

This work presents a one-dimensional (1D) model for simulating the behavior of an FCC riser reactor processing bio-oil. The FCC riser is modeled as a plug-flow reactor, where the bio-oil feed undergoes vaporization followed by catalytic cracking reac...

Smectite clay minerals are known to readily form thixotropic physical gels in aqueous media, even at low volume fractions. Although the rheological properties of these gels are closely related to the microstructure of the network, the influence of th...

Better mixing in the near-field region of jets with their surrounding fluid is of high interest for several industrial applications. Passive control that involves jet geometry modifications as compared to the traditional circular design is used in th...

This study addresses computational challenges in the immersed boundary method (IBM) with the pressure implicit with split operator (PISO) algorithm for simulating incompressible flows. We introduce a novel time-step splitting method to implement comm...

Porous media have great application prospects, such as transpiration cooling for the aerospace industry. The main challenge for the prediction of gas permeability includes the geometrical complexity and high Knudsen number of gas flow at the nano-sca...

Pump-driven liquid cooling systems are widely utilized in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) electronic thermal management. As a critical power component, the miniaturization and lightweight design of the pump are essential. Increasing the operating speed...

This paper considers the problem of estimating the quantitative parameters of a two-phase fluid flow in a well based on the dynamic physical flow model. This is a challenging problem in the oil and gas industry, where the knowledge of multiphase prod...

This study investigates three-dimensional two-phase flows in complex geometries found in industrial process equipment design using finite-element numerical simulations. The governing equations are formulated in three-dimensional Cartesian coordinates...

This study investigates the interaction between airflow and low-density bulk particles within vertical screw conveyors and examines its impact on conveying performance. A combined simulation approach integrating the Discrete Element Method and Comput...

Droplet spreading is a fascinating phenomenon. Especially when the droplet spreads, reacts, and dissolves on and into metal substrates. This reactive wetting mainly occurs at high temperatures, with a vast number of applications in industry and mater...

Hydrodynamic cavitation (HC) has emerged as a versatile method for modifying the rheological properties of polymer solutions, offering advantages such as scalability and operational simplicity. This work investigates the effect of HC on aqueous polya...

Stenosis geometries are constrictions of a biological tube that can be found in many forms in the human body. Capturing the flow field in such geometries is important. For this purpose, simulations were performed using the generalised k-$\omega$ (GEKO...

Red blood cell (RBC) aggregation and disaggregation are key factors in microcirculatory flow, and their disturbance can lead to alterations in the rheological properties of blood in disorders such as chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). This study aim...

Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, underscoring the need for continuous innovation in diagnostics and treatment. Mock circulation loops (MCLs) systems have recently emerged as new research platforms...

Both the excess and alteration of bed sediments in river systems can cause socioeconomic and environmental damage; thus, the quantification of bedload transport is an important tool to assess the health of rivers and help in decision-making imposed b...

Following the success of the first edition of “Industrial CFD and Fluid Modeling in Engineering”, this second edition continues to showcase cutting-edge research that pushes the boundaries of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in addressi...

The control of ventilation systems is often performed by automatic algorithms which often do not consider the future evolution of the system in its control politics. Digital twins allow system forecasting for a more sophisticated control. This paper...

This work—mixing an original experimental approach, as well as numerical simulations—proposes to study film boiling modes around a small nickel sphere. While dealing with a simple looking phenomenon that is found in many industrial proces...

Proper determination of the bottomhole pressure in a gas lift well is essential to enhance production, tackle operating concerns, and use the least amount of gas. Mechanistic models, empirical correlation, and hybrid models are usually limited by the...