This work describes the recent progress in the improvement of heat transfer through
microscale facing steps. This analysis includes previous studies that aimed to improve heat …

Abstract The Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations coupled with the
renormalization group (RNG) k-ε and the single-step chemical reaction mechanism have …

This study is part of a FDA-sponsored project to evaluate the use and limitations of
computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in assessing blood flow parameters related to medical …

Sudden expansion geometry plays an important role in the design of many engineering
applications such as heat exchangers to avoid thermal stress on welded joints. While the …

Experimental research was presented in this paper to illustrate the heat transmission and
flow characteristics of nanofluid on a microscale backward-facing step channel. Except for …

This review summarizes various researches and studies on two topics. The first section,
focuses on the numerical and experimental studies using water and air over backward and …

In this study, the entropy generation and the heat transfer of pulsating air flow in a horizontal
channel with an open cavity heated from below with uniform temperature distribution are …

The present investigation discusses the influence of obstacle configurations on the
hydrothermal and irreversibility characteristics of a sinusoidal backward-facing step channel …

The current numerical study investigated over two-dimensional (2D) flat microscale
backward-facing step (MBFS). The boundary conditions and the controls fixed by the finite …

Recently, dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuators have been extensively studied as
flow control devices for controlling separated flow. It is known that a periodic disturbance is …