Molecular dynamics of wettability and condensation on nanostructured surfaces: Fundamentals and hybrid wetting

AI Khdair, S Aghakhani, NH Thi, M Afrand - … Communications in Heat and …, 2025 - Elsevier
In this review article, molecular dynamics simulation is utilized to study wettability and
condensation phenomena on nanostructured surfaces with combined wettability …

A review on the role of molecular dynamics in discovering behaviors, heat transfer, and properties of nanofluids

H Chen, H Zhang, NH Thi, M Afrand - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents a comprehensive review of the application of molecular dynamics (MD)
simulations in modeling the flow behavior of nanofluids (NFs). NFs, consisting of …

Scaling group analysis of bioconvective micropolar fluid flow and heat transfer in a porous medium

K Naganthran, MF Md Basir, T Thumma, EO Ige… - Journal of Thermal …, 2021 - Springer
The current and potential applications of bioconvection renewed drive for theoretical
research on synthesis and process control in biofuel cells and bioreactors. Thus, this work …

Effects of surface roughness with the spherical shape on the fluid flow of Argon atoms flowing into the microchannel, under boiling condition using molecular dynamic …

Y Peng, M Zarringhalam, AA Barzinjy… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents influences of roughness components with the spherical shape on the 10
million Argon atoms flowing inside the microchannel, under boiling condition using …

Lattice Boltzmann method simulations about shale gas flow in contracting nano-channels

XZ Li, JC Fan, H Yu, YB Zhu, HA Wu - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018 - Elsevier
Shale matrix consists of numerous interconnected nanoscale slit pores with size ranging
from 4 nm to 200 nm, naturally resulting in variable cross-section scenarios for shale gas …

Effect of a porous medium on flow and mixed convection heat transfer of nanofluids with variable properties in a trapezoidal enclosure

AAAA Al-Rashed, GA Sheikhzadeh, A Aghaei… - Journal of Thermal …, 2020 - Springer
In the present study, the flow field and heat transfer of a water–copper nanofluid with
variable properties in a trapezoidal enclosure saturated with porous media are studied. The …

An analytical fractal model for permeability in isotropic open-cell metal foam with surface roughness

T Xiao, J Guo, G Liu, X Yang, TJ Lu - International Communications in Heat …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper develops analytically a fractal model for estimating flow permeability of open-cell
foam with rough surfaces. Fractal theory is employed for better characterize the randomness …

Experimental investigation of ultrasonic effect on natural and forced heat transfer in heat sinks

S Sedighi, A Abdollahi, AHM Isfahani - Journal of Thermal Analysis and …, 2024 - Springer
In this study, ultrasonic waves produced by a piezoelectric device were evaluated for their
effects on heat transfer and Nusselt number. The study also considered different power …

Experiment and Lattice Boltzmann numerical study on nanofluids flow in a micromodel as porous medium

AHM Isfahani, M Afrand - Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Al 2 O 3 nanofluids flow has been studied in etched glass micromodel which is idealization
of porous media by using a pseudo 2D Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM). The predictions …

Improve the performance of lattice Boltzmann method for a porous nanoscale transient flow by provide a new modified relaxation time equation

A Zarei, A Karimipour, AHM Isfahani, Z Tian - Physica A: Statistical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) is a statistical approach for simulating fluid flow in
porous media. LBM is a method based on the kinetic theory of gases and thus is a very …