Advances in Fluid Mechanics

Section 1: Computational methods in fluid mechanics Ice accretion simulation on finite wings with extended Messinger Method; Influence of linear and non-linear constitutive models on thermoacoustic waves in an enclosure; Prediction of laminar flow over a back facing step using new formula of penalty parameter; An inverse approach for airfoil design; Simulation of flow in two-sided lid-driven square cavities by the lattice Boltzmann method; Validation of a CFD model for flow in meandering rivers using an experimental test-setup: first results; Integration of 3D incompressible free surface Navier-Stokes equations on unstructured tetrahedral grid using distributed computation on TCP/IP networks; CFD modeling of turbulent boundary layer flow in passive drag-reducing applications Section 2: Environmental fluid mechanics Stability of meridionally-flowing grounded abyssal currents in the ocean; Experimental tests and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations of barriers installed around open storage piles of raw materials; Evaluation of diffusion models for airborne nanoparticles transport and dispersion; Numerical study of the effect of the type of fuel on pollutant emissions in a diesel engine Section 3: Experimental versus simulation methods Macroscopic conservation equation based model for surface tension driven flow; Characteristics of the flow over a NACA 0012 airfoil at low Reynolds numbers; An experimental investigation of the reduced frequency effects into pressure coefficients of a plunging airfoil; Semi-empirical formulas of drag/lift coefficients for high speed rigid body manoeuvring in water column; Flow separation patterns in a 60-degree junction; A numerical and experimental study of a thin, high cambered airfoil at a low Reynolds number; Numerical and experimental results for the warming of cylindrical timber segments; Experimental study on the oscillation of a separating shear layer in a cavity Section 4: Multiphase flow Study of bubbling fluidization dynamics via Digital Image Analysis Technique; New ways of fluidization in a centrifugal field; Displacement of non-Newtonian compressible fluids in plane porous media flow; Rayleigh-Benard convection flow with liquid/solid phase transition in a low gravity field; A five-equation dissipative model for the simulation of two-phase flows; Comparison of mixing between single- and bubbly two-phase systems in a Rushton stirred tank; Commercial scale slurry bubble column reactor optimization; An application of contact melting theory to skates sliding on ice; Subgrid particle method for porous media and suspension flow Section 5: Hydraulics and hydrodynamics Considering bottom curvature in depth-averaged open-channel flow modelling, based on curvilinear coordinates; Analytical investigation of ice floe drift in the marginal ice zone; Influence of vegetation on the propagation of flood waves; Design of 'Smart' pebble for sediment entrainment study; An active controlling technique for a flow around a circular cylinder; Hydrodynamics of long jet impingement Section 6: Heat and mass transfer BEM for compressible convection flow in porous media; Experimental study of heat transfer from in-line tube bundles to upward foam flow; Flow patterns and heat transfer in square cavities with perfectly conducting horizontal walls: the case of high Rayleigh numbers (106-109); Natural convection in tubes - a solar water heating application; Numerical simulations of variable density starting jets; Modelling the hot rolling process using a finite volume approach Section 7: Industrial applications Air flow induced vibration of the head carriage arm in a simulated hard disk drive using a large eddy simulation; Boiler safety improvement for safety controls utilizing flow measurement for input; Modeling of north triumph gas reservoir for carbon-dioxide Sequestration - a case study Section 8: Wave studies A mathematical and numerical study of roll waves; Long axisymmetrical waves in a viscous ocean around a circular island; Travelling waves for two coupled Korteweg-de Vries equations