ANÁLISE DO DIÂMETRO E DA VELOCIDADE DE BOLHAS DE AR SOB DIFERENTES TENSÕES SUPERFICIAIS: ESTUDO EXPERIMENTAL E SIMULAÇÃO NUMÉRICA CFD by Hugo Henrique Jacomini, Junia Natalia Mendes Batista, Rodrigo Béttega

“… No presente trabalho, avaliou-se a formação de bolhas de ar em um tanque de flotação empregando diferentes tensões superficiais através de testes experimentais e utilizando a fluidodinâmica computacional (Computational Fluid Dynamics - CFD). As simulações foram conduzidas utilizando o software FLUENT® 18.2. …”
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Simulations of a Single-Phase Flow in a Compound Parabolic Concentrator Reactor by Tzayam Pérez, José L. Nava

“…This paper deals with the analysis and interpretation of flow visualization and residence time distribution (RTD) in a compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) reactor using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). CFD was calculated under turbulent flow conditions solving the Reynolds averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) equation expressed in terms of turbulent viscosity and the standard k−ε turbulent model in 3D. …”
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Case study of smoke and heat control systems in high-rise buildings by Căruntu Alexandru-Sorin, Teodosiu Cătălin-Ioan

“…New European technical regulations impose the need for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling of smoke and heat control systems for buildings with a height greater than 60 m. …”
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Modal Analysis and Flow through Sectionalized Pipeline Gate Valve Using FEA and CFD Technique by Desejo Filipeson Sozinando, Bernard Xavier Tchomeni, Alfayo Anyika Alugongo

“…Secondly, an implicit numerical analysis using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is employed to describe physical quantities such as the flow velocity profiles at different stream positions and pressure fields at different points in a control volume. …”
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Prediction of Lift Coefficient for Tandem Wing Configuration or Multiple-Lifting-Surface System Using Prandtl’s Lifting-Line Theory by Hao Cheng, Hua Wang

“…The accuracy of the numerical solutions obtained by the method has been validated by the data obtained from computational fluid dynamics and tunnel experiment. By varying the design parameters, such as the gap, the stagger, the incidence angle, the wingspan, the taper ratio as well as the aspect ratio, a series of tandem wing configurations are tested to analyze the lift coefficient and the induced drag of each lifting surface. …”
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Numerical Simulation and Comparison of Conventional and Sloped Solar Chimney Power Plants: The Case for Lanzhou by Fei Cao, Huashan Li, Yang Zhang, Liang Zhao

“…A simplified Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model is built to predict the performances of the SCPP. …”
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Optimization of Meridional Flow Channel Design of Pump Impeller by Sunao Miyauchi, Hironori Horiguchi, Jun-ichirou Fukutomi, Akihiro Takahashi

“…In this article, a few design examples and these Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) validations are also given.…”
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Open-Source Software in Computational Research: A Case Study by Madhava Syamlal, Thomas J. O'Brien, Sofiane Benyahia, Aytekin Gel, Sreekanth Pannala

“…A case study of open-source (OS) development of the computational research software MFIX, used for multiphase computational fluid dynamics simulations, is presented here. …”
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Structural characteristic analysis of new type bend-twist coupling blades of large wind turbine by WANG HaiSheng, MIAO WeiPao, LI Chun, ZHANG Li, ZHU HaiBo

“…The composite lamination design was carried out in accordance with the real processing technology, and the aerodynamic force of the blade was obtained by the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method. The bend-twist coupling characteristics, harmonic response and strength of conventional and bending-torsional coupling blades were analyzed respectively. …”
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Recent Efforts for Credible CFD Simulations in China by Li Li, Bai Wen, Liang Yihua

“…In this paper some recent efforts for credible computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations in China are reviewed. …”
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A Study on the Efficient Method for the Solution of the Saha Equation in the Numerical Simulation of Capillary Discharge by Hengzhu Liu, Cheng Wu, Fengjiang An, Shasha Liao

“…This would cause a relatively longer simulation runtime compared with conventional computational fluid dynamics problems. In this paper, the relatively difficult multidimensional problem of solving the Saha equation is transformed into a one-dimensional problem in the simulation of capillary discharge by constructing an iteration equation about temperature. …”
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A Numerical Approach to the Dynamic Response of the Deployment System during a Circular Cylinder Crossing through the Wave Zone by Xiaozhou Hu, Daojun Cai, Yiyao Jiang

“…The present numerical approach is based on the combination of solution methods of cable dynamics and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). For the implementation of the numerical approach, a cosimulation platform based on a CFD code and MATLAB is developed to study the fluid-solid interaction problem in the process. …”
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A New Erosion Model for Wind-Induced Structural Vibrations by Keqin Yan, Yi Zhang, Tao Cheng

“…In recent years, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method has been widely utilized in simulating wind-induced snow drifting. …”
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Scaled-Down Moderator Circulation Test Facility at Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute by Hyoung Tae Kim, Bo Wook Rhee

“…This research program includes the construction of the moderator circulation test (MCT) facility, production of the validation data for self-reliant computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools, and development of optical measurement system using the particle image velocimetry (PIV). …”
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A Film-Cooling CFD Bibliography: 1971–1996 by D. M. Kercher

“…After more than 25 years of three-dimensional film cooling experimental investigations, analytical correlations and modeling, film cooling utilizing computational fluid dynamics has emerged from a similar development-applications growth process into a near-attainable heat transfer engineering tool. …”
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Sensitivity of coronary hemodynamics to vascular structure variations in health and disease by Arnav Garcha, Noelia Grande Gutiérrez

“…While vascular geometry alters local hemodynamics, the relationship between vascular structure and hemodynamics is poorly understood. Previous computational fluid dynamics (CFD) studies have explored how anatomy influences plaque-promoting hemodynamics. …”
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Simulation and Analysis of Oil Churning Power Loss in Electric Drive Planetary Gears Based on the CFD Method by Tang Pei, Wang Le, Ren Shaoying, Li Shanshan

“…The splash lubrication of the two-stage planetary gear drive is simulated by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software and C language user defined function (UDF), and the visualization of oil gas two-phase transient flow field is realized; by extracting the surface pressure and the viscous force, the churning loss of the sun gears, planet gears and planet carriers are obtained; the simulation and analysis of the 25 working conditions show that the churning loss varies with the immersion depth and speed; the results show that the oil churning power loss increases with the oil immersion depth and the speed, and there is no obvious inflection point. …”
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Influence of coal gangue-aeolian sand aggregate gradation on rheological properties and pipeline transportation characteristics of filling slurry by Bo Liu, Yaoping Zhang, Shixing Yang

“…To study the influence of aggregate gradation on the conveying performance of filler slurry, aggregate gradation experiments were carried out, rheological tests on slurries with coal gangue/aeolian sand ratios (6:4, 5:5 and 4:6) showed that appropriately increasing the proportion of aeolian sand can improve particle gradation. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) scheme was used to simulate the pipeline transportation characteristics of the slurry under the conditions of three sets each of coal gangue/aeolian sand ratios, slurry concentrations (72%,74% and 76%), and inlet velocities (1.15,1.24 and 1.33 m/s). …”
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Research of PWR Pressurizer Insurge Characteristics on Three-Dimensional Transient Modeling by Jianquan Liu, Jiguo Zhang, Jingda Shi, Dong Li

“…In order to study the evolution process and hydraulic characteristics of pressurizer insurge in CPR1000 pressurized water reactor (PWR), the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) of three-dimensional unsteady heat transfer was used to capture the temperature and velocity fluctuation intensity of the mixing of the hot and cold. …”
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Study on Helicopter Antitorque Device Based on Cross-Flow Fan Technology by Du Siliang, Tang Zhengfei, Xu Pei, Ji Mengjiang

“…Therefore, the results in actual helicopter obtained from Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) solution are acceptable. This proves that this antitorque device can be used for a helicopter.…”
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