Computational Analysis of the Thermal Fluid Flow Processes
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Process Control and Monitoring".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023)
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
In recent years, computational analysis of heat and fluid flow problems has emerged as an important approach in many areas of science and engineering. As a method, it provides useful information about transport phenomena such as heat, momentum or mass transfer. Different studies have shown that a number of crucial process parameters involved in the flow model such as Reynolds number, Grashof number, Richardson number, Prandtl number, Eckert number, and many others are correlated to the behavior of heat and fluid flow. The effects of these parameters on primary physical quantities such as coefficient of skin friction, drag force, Nusselt number, velocity profile, temperature distribution, heat flux and mass concentration are very significant aspects in practical heat transfer. The validation of computational analysis predicted data by using experimental data has proven valuable, especially in cases where exact heat and fluid flow characteristics are required.
In keeping view these themes, the goal of the current Special Issue is to collect high-quality original contributions that focus on the latest theoretical and experimental findings on thermal fluid flow processes, including fluid–structure interactions for internal and external environments, through the use of experiments and computer simulation. The following topics will be considered within the scope of this Issue:
- Heat and fluid flow phenomena at all scales (nano, micro and macro) in all types of materials.
- Forced, natural/free and mixed convection flow along or in different complex geometries.
- Computational analysis of the above mechanism via the latest numerical techniques.
Dr. Muhammad Ashraf
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- convective heat and mass transfer
- Nusselt number
- skin friction
- Richardson number
- Prandtl number
- complex geometries
- numerical techniques
- external and internal flow
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