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  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,831 Views
17 Pages

23 September 2021

The friction in the swash plate type axial piston pumps is mainly influenced by the fluid film in the friction interface. The piston–cylinder interface is one of the key friction interfaces in the pumps. The film geometry is determined by the gap bet...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,385 Views
30 Pages

8 October 2022

In this study, an extended layerwise/solid-element (XLW/SE) method is developed for the thermo–chemo–mechanical (TCM) coupling problem of an aero-engine turbine blade with thermal barrier coatings (TBCs). The method consists of two parts,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,472 Views
14 Pages

8 April 2015

In the process of heavy oil thermal recovery, the creep of strata can often be accelerated due to injection pressure, the temperature of steam, the structural characteristics of rock itself and other factors. However, the effect of creep in strata ma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,114 Views
11 Pages

Simulation of an Adaptive Fluid-Membrane Piezoelectric Lens

  • Hitesh Gowda Bettaswamy Gowda and
  • Ulrike Wallrabe

20 November 2019

In this paper, we present a finite-element simulation of an adaptive piezoelectric fluid-membrane lens for which we modelled the fluid-structure interaction and resulting membrane deformation in COMSOL Multiphysics®. Our model shows the explicit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
286 Views
23 Pages

15 December 2025

An efficient and reliable heat dissipation system is essential for the safe and stable operation of high-power water-cooled couplers. However, thermal analysis methods accounting for the centrifugal effects on coolant flow remain limited. This paper...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
8,255 Views
13 Pages

The aim of this work is to highlight the significance of Fluid–Thermal–Structural Interaction (FTSI) as a diagnosis of existing designs, and as a means of preliminary investigation to ensure the feasibility of new designs before conducting experiment...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,046 Views
20 Pages

13 July 2020

A one-dimensional model of the diesel engine working process was established, and thermal boundary conditions of gases contacting with a cylinder head were determined by comparing them with the results of a routine test. A fluid-structure interaction...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
782 Views
28 Pages

Numerical Analysis of Flow-Induced Resonance in Pilot-Operated Molten Salt Control Valves

  • Shuxun Li,
  • Yu Zhao,
  • Jianzheng Zhang,
  • Linxia Yang and
  • Xinhao Liu

31 August 2025

To address the problem of flow-induced resonance in the valve core assembly of a pilot-operated molten salt regulating valve in a concentrated solar thermal power generation molten salt energy storage system under high pressure differential and high...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,242 Views
21 Pages

23 December 2024

This study explores the impact of structural modifications on the stress distribution and flow characteristics of a nozzle box in a steam turbine, specifically targeting the components made from high-strength StE460 steel. Using Computational Fluid D...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,214 Views
4 Pages

24 December 2021

The heat extraction from and cooling of computer microprocessors are challenging tasks in the modern era. Previously, the microprocessors were usually cooled by air, but now industry is shifting towards using nanofluids, as their properties are more...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,579 Views
16 Pages

The paper considers the analysis of a traveling panel, submerged in axially flowing fluid. In order to accurately model the dynamics and stability of a lightweight moving material, the interaction between the material and the surrounding air must be...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,540 Views
20 Pages

SOI MEMS Electro-Thermal Actuators for Biomedical Applications: Operation in 0.9% NaCl Solution

  • Thomas Sciberras,
  • Ivan Grech,
  • Marija Demicoli,
  • Bertram Mallia,
  • Nicholas Sammut and
  • Pierluigi Mollicone

In recent years, the immense potential for MEMS devices in the biomedical industry has been understood. It has been determined that, among their many plausible functions, their use may also extend to single human red blood cell diagnostics, whereby b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,389 Views
20 Pages

25 December 2023

In this study, we analyze the impacts of various stack configurations of a solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) that includes U-type and Z-type stack structures as well as co-flow and counter-flow configurations. The primary focus of this study is to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
918 Views
43 Pages

25 January 2025

This article presents a fluid–elastic structure interaction (FSI) problem when the temperature variation of the two media is also taken into account. We introduced the mathematical description of this interaction in a recent article. Our model...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,432 Views
22 Pages

Enhancing the Thermal Performance of Shape Memory Polymers: Designing a Minichannel Structure

  • Saed Beshkoofe,
  • Majid Baniassadi,
  • Alireza Mahdavi Nejad,
  • Azadeh Sheidaei and
  • Mostafa Baghani

11 February 2024

This research proposes a numerical approach to improve the thermal performance of shape memory polymers (SMPs) while their mechanical properties remain intact. Sixteen different 3D minichannel structures were numerically designed to investigate the i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
6,953 Views
17 Pages

4 April 2018

A hybrid immersed boundary–lattice Boltzmann and finite difference method for fluid–structure interaction and heat transfer in non-Newtonian flow is presented. The present numerical method includes four parts: fluid solver, heat transfer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,257 Views
17 Pages

17 December 2024

The analysis of the temperature field of a high-speed bearing chamber–bearing system is very complex. We used the temperature field analysis method on a 40,000 rpm bearing chamber–bearing system by simulation, which builds on the finite v...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,039 Views
17 Pages

15 December 2022

The characteristics of aero-thermoelastic coupling are important for the design of the leading edge in hypersonic vehicles. Herein, a fluid–structure interaction analysis is performed to study the leading edge of a hypersonic vehicle using aero...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,152 Views
15 Pages

Influence of Higher Order Viscous and Thermal Effects on an Ultrasonic Wave Reflected from the First Interface of a Porous Material

  • Zine El Abiddine Fellah,
  • Rémi Roncen,
  • Nicholas O. Ongwen,
  • Erick Ogam,
  • Mohamed Fellah and
  • Claude Depollier

21 January 2022

Ultrasound propagation in porous materials involves some higher order physical parameters whose importance depends on the acoustic characteristics of the materials. This article concerns the study of the influence of two parameters recently introduce...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,228 Views
12 Pages

Research on the thermal analysis of laser diode (LD) side-pumped amplifiers is a critical step in the design of high-power solid-state laser systems. Instead of adopting a standard solid modeling approach that only considers a laser rod, a fluid&ndas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,482 Views
15 Pages

5 July 2022

This work aims at investigating the nonlinear transient response of fluid-conveying pipes made of graphene nanoplatelet (GPL)-reinforced composite (GPLRC) under blast loads and in a thermal environment. A modified Halpin–Tsai model is used to a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,794 Views
21 Pages

Study on Temperature Distribution Law of Tunnel Portal Section in Cold Region Considering Fluid–Structure Interaction

  • Jin Huang,
  • Qingxiang Shui,
  • Daguo Wang,
  • Yuhao Shi,
  • Xiaosheng Pu,
  • Wenzhe Wang and
  • Xuesong Mao

6 October 2023

The design of tunnels in cold regions contributes greatly to the feasibility and sustainability of highways. Based on the heat transfer mechanism of the tunnel surrounding rock–lining–air, this paper uses FEPG software to carry out second...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,808 Views
18 Pages

9 December 2024

This study explores the feasibility of using low-intensity focused ultrasound (LIFU) to induce rotational sensations in the human semicircular canal (SCC) through the acoustic streaming effect. Existing vestibular stimulation methods, such as galvani...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,098 Views
15 Pages

20 August 2021

In this study, a fully coupled electro-thermo-mechanical model of radiofrequency (RF)-assisted cardiac ablation has been developed, incorporating fluid–structure interaction, thermal relaxation time effects and porous media approach. A non-Fourier ba...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,585 Views
12 Pages

Transient Propagation of Spherical Waves in Porous Material: Application of Fractional Calculus

  • Zine El Abiddine Fellah,
  • Mohamed Fellah,
  • Rémi Roncen,
  • Nicholas O. Ongwen,
  • Erick Ogam and
  • Claude Depollier

25 January 2022

A fractional-order wave equation is established and solved for a space of three dimensions using spherical coordinates. An equivalent fluid model is used in which the acoustic wave propagates only in the fluid saturating the porous medium; this model...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
902 Views
16 Pages

Evaluation of the Acoustic Noise Inside the Main Steam Line of a BWR/5 Nuclear Reactor

  • Arturo Ocampo Ramirez,
  • Luis Héctor Hernández Gómez,
  • Alejandro Núñez Carrera,
  • Alejandra Armenta Molina,
  • Dayvis Fernández Valdés,
  • Felipe Escalona Cambray and
  • Marcos Adrián Guzmán Escalona

3 April 2025

The pressure fluctuation and the acoustic power generated inside the main steam line (MSL) of a BWR nuclear power plant were estimated. For this purpose, a model with a scale of 1:8 (branch–main steam line ratio) was considered. A methodology w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,120 Views
21 Pages

8 May 2025

Flow-induced vibration (FIV) characteristics are key factors in enhancing heat transfer. However, challenges such as insufficient heat transfer enhancement and the fatigue strength of the tube bundle persist in the context of improving the heat trans...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,194 Views
14 Pages

18 April 2018

Aircraft service process is in a state of the composite load of pressure and temperature for a long period of time, which inevitably affects the inherent characteristics of some components in aircraft accordingly. The flow field of aircraft wing mate...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,765 Views
44 Pages

Energy Dissipation and Efficiency Challenges of Cryogenic Sloshing in Aerospace Propellant Tanks: A Systematic Review

  • Alih John Eko,
  • Xuesen Zeng,
  • Mazhar Peerzada,
  • Tristan Shelley,
  • Jayantha Epaarachchi and
  • Cam Minh Tri Tien

11 October 2025

Cryogenic propellant sloshing presents significant challenges in aerospace systems, inducing vehicle instability, structural fatigue, energy losses, and complex thermal management issues. This review synthesizes experimental, analytical, and numerica...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,124 Views
19 Pages

19 February 2025

In CNC machines, the temperature field analysis of spindle servo permanent magnet motors (SSPMMs) under rated load, overload, and weak magnetic conditions is critical for ensuring stable operation and machining accuracy. This paper proposes a tempera...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,642 Views
32 Pages

The Impact of Upstream Static Deformation on Flow Past a Cylinder/Flare

  • Aaron Becks,
  • Tyler Korenyi-Both,
  • Jack J. McNamara and
  • Datta V. Gaitonde

Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes simulations are performed for supersonic turbulent flow over a cylinder/flare with upstream surface distortion representative of structural deformation induced via fluid–structural and fluid–thermal&n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,140 Views
20 Pages

The heat dissipation capability of the battery thermal management system (BTMS) is a prerequisite for the safe and normal work of the battery. Currently, many researchers have designed and studied the structure of BTMS to better control the battery t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,707 Views
16 Pages

24 November 2021

Cross-flow hollow fiber membranes are commonly applied in humidification/dehumidification. Hollow fiber membranes vibrate and deform under the impinging force of incoming air and the gravity of liquid in the inner tube. In this study, fiber deformati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,165 Views
12 Pages

The Effect of Cooling Layer Thickness and Coolant Velocity on Crystal Thermodynamic Properties in a Laser Amplifier

  • Shuzhen Nie,
  • Tianzhuo Zhao,
  • Xiaolong Liu,
  • Pubo Qu,
  • Yuchuan Yang and
  • Yuheng Wang

23 January 2023

Laser diode pumped solid-state lasers (DPSSLs) have been widely used in many fields, and their thermal effects have attracted more and more attention. The laser diode (LD) side-pumped amplifier, as a key component of DPSSLs, is necessary for effectiv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
556 Views
15 Pages

Numerical Investigation of Fluid–Structure Interaction of Foreign Objects in Steam Generator Tube Bundles

  • Yuhua Hang,
  • Heng Wang,
  • Yuanqing Liu,
  • Zhen Cai,
  • Bin Zhu,
  • Jinna Mei and
  • Guorui Zhu

19 November 2025

As a critical component of nuclear and thermal energy conversion systems, the long-term safe operation of a steam generator depends on the structural integrity of its tube bundles. Foreign objects introduced into the secondary side can induce flow-in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
102 Views
18 Pages

1 February 2026

High-speed rotating machinery often demands bearings with superior load capacity and thermal stability. Here, a four-chamber radial hydrodynamic sliding bearing using supercritical carbon dioxide (S-CO2) as a lubricant is investigated to address thes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,264 Views
20 Pages

Coupled Finite Element-Finite Volume Multi-Physics Analysis of MEMS Electrothermal Actuators

  • Thomas Sciberras,
  • Marija Demicoli,
  • Ivan Grech,
  • Bertram Mallia,
  • Pierluigi Mollicone and
  • Nicholas Sammut

22 December 2021

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are the instruments of choice for high-precision manipulation and sensing processes at the microscale. They are, therefore, a subject of interest in many leading industrial and academic research sectors owing to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,733 Views
22 Pages

Data-Driven Reduced-Order Modeling of Convective Heat Transfer in Porous Media

  • Péter German,
  • Mauricio E. Tano,
  • Carlo Fiorina and
  • Jean C. Ragusa

28 July 2021

This work presents a data-driven Reduced-Order Model (ROM) for parametric convective heat transfer problems in porous media. The intrusive Proper Orthogonal Decomposition aided Reduced-Basis (POD-RB) technique is employed to reduce the porous medium...

  • Article
  • Open Access
64 Citations
4,101 Views
17 Pages

Thermal Conductivity Modeling of Nanofluids Contain MgO Particles by Employing Different Approaches

  • Na Wang,
  • Akbar Maleki,
  • Mohammad Alhuyi Nazari,
  • Iskander Tlili and
  • Mostafa Safdari Shadloo

1 February 2020

The existence of solid-phase nanoparticles remarkably improves the thermal conductivity of the fluids. The enhancement in this property of the nanofluids is affected by different items such as the solid-phase volume fraction and dimensions, temperatu...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,930 Views
70 Pages

Advances in Flow–Structure Interaction and Multiphysics Applications: An Immersed Boundary Perspective

  • Mithun Kanchan,
  • Anwak Manoj Kumar,
  • Pedapudi Anantha Hari Arun,
  • Omkar Powar,
  • Kulmani Mehar and
  • Poornesh Mangalore

21 August 2025

This article discusses contemporary strategies to deal with immersed boundary (IB) frameworks useful for analyzing flow–structure interaction in complex settings. It focuses on immense advancements in various fields: biology, oscillation of str...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,521 Views
14 Pages

Compatibility Study of Polyamide (PA6) with Lubricant Bases for Electric Vehicle Applications

  • Bernardo Tormos,
  • Vicente Bermúdez,
  • Adbeel Balaguer and
  • Enrique Giménez

15 February 2024

This study explored the crucial relationship between base fluids and polyamide, a prevalent polymer in electric vehicle (EV) components, with the aim of enhancing the longevity and performance of EVs in the context of thermal management by immersion...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,264 Views
27 Pages

Engineering-Based Thermal CFD Simulations on Massive Parallel Systems

  • Jérôme Frisch,
  • Ralf-Peter Mundani,
  • Ernst Rank and
  • Christoph Van Treeck

The development of parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) codes is a challenging task that entails efficient parallelization concepts and strategies in order to achieve good scalability values when running those codes on modern supercomputers wi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
380 Views
27 Pages

23 December 2025

The Qingshan lead–zinc (Pb–Zn) deposit in northwestern Guizhou Province is a structurally controlled, carbonate-hosted system formed from basin-derived hydrothermal processes. Geology, fluid inclusion, and isotopic data reveal a multi-sta...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
1,974 Views
19 Pages

Details on the Hydrothermal Characteristics within a Solar-Channel Heat-Exchanger Provided with Staggered T-Shaped Baffles

  • Driss Meddah Medjahed,
  • Houari Ameur,
  • Redha Rebhi,
  • Mustafa Inc,
  • Hijaz Ahmad,
  • Younes Menni,
  • Giulio Lorenzini,
  • Fatimah S. Bayones and
  • Musaad Aldhabani

15 October 2021

Details on the hydrothermal characteristics of turbulent flows in a solar channel heat exchanger (CHE) are highlighted. The device has transverse T-shaped vortex generators (VGs). Two staggered VGs (baffles) are inserted on the lower and upper walls...

  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
9,703 Views
15 Pages

Synthesis of Ferrofluids Made of Iron Oxide Nanoflowers: Interplay between Carrier Fluid and Magnetic Properties

  • Federico Spizzo,
  • Paolo Sgarbossa,
  • Elisabetta Sieni,
  • Alessandra Semenzato,
  • Fabrizio Dughiero,
  • Michele Forzan,
  • Roberta Bertani and
  • Lucia Del Bianco

5 November 2017

Ferrofluids are nanomaterials consisting of magnetic nanoparticles that are dispersed in a carrier fluid. Their physical properties, and hence their field of application are determined by intertwined compositional, structural, and magnetic characteri...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
2,531 Views
22 Pages

22 February 2025

Hydropower, with its high degree of flexibility, plays an important role in the transformation of the global energy mix. Generators are the core component of the hydropower units; their performance directly affects the efficiency and reliability of t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,870 Views
23 Pages

Optimal Design of Boundary Angle for Gas Foil Thrust Bearing Thermal Performance

  • Bin Hu,
  • Anping Hou,
  • Rui Deng,
  • Xiaodong Yang,
  • Zhiyong Wu,
  • Qifeng Ni and
  • Zhong Li

As the energy density and efficiency requirements of air compressors continue to increase, gas foil thrust bearings face a high risk of thermal failure due to their elevated speed and limited cooling space. This paper proposes a novel structure for g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,232 Views
25 Pages

19 November 2018

In lieu of reliable scaling rules, hydraulic pump and motor manufacturers pay a high monetary and temporal price for attempting to expand their production lines by scaling their existing units to other sizes. The challenge is that the lubricating int...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,295 Views
29 Pages

The Tampomas Volcano is a Quaternary volcano located on Java Island and controlled by a west-northwest–east-southeast (WNW-ESE) regional fault trend. This regional structure acts as conduits for the hydrothermal fluids to ascend from a deeper system...

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