Advances in Fluid Mechanics

Contents Section 1: Computer simulation and experiments Insights on the application of some current SPH approaches for the study of muddy debris flow: numerical and experimental comparison; Uncertainty quantification of modeling and simulation for reliability certification; Implementation of a nucleate boiling flux partitioning model for a CFD simulation of compact heat exchangers based on the local estimation of bulk properties; Stepwise analysis of reactions and reacting flow in a dual fluidized bed gasification reactor; A relaxation method for calculating detonation in condensed explosives; Core-mantle interactions resulting from sudden changes in the earth's moment of inertia; Individual based modeling of angiogenesis in three dimensions on a graphics processing unit Section 2: Fluid structure interaction Application of 2D URANS in fluid structure interaction problems of rectangular cylinders; Simulation of the fluid structure interaction for an aerostatic bearing and a flexible substrate; The influence of an improved hydrodynamic model on breakwaters design; Submerged modular breakwaters for coastal protection Section 3: Multiphase flow The numerical analysis of the flow and separation efficiency of a two-phase horizontal oil-gas separator with an inlet diverter and perforated plates; Investigation of the critical submergence at pump intakes based on multiphase CFD calculations; Conservative discretization of multiphase flow with high density ratios Section 4: Turbulent flow Turbulence: the covariant structure; The influence of longitudinal wall-oscillation on the plane Poiseuille flow Section 5: Bubble and drop dynamics Droplet size measurement of liquid atomization by the immersion liquid method (droplet coalescence and solution into the immersion liquid); Numerical simulation of the deformation of charged drops of electrolyte; A model for the bubble lift-off diameter in subcooled oiling flow in a horizontal channel; Droplet dynamics in internally mixed twin-fluid spray; A finite-volume/level-set interface capturing method for unstructured grids: simulations of bubbles rising through viscous liquids Section 6: Nano and micro fluids Trapping of submicron and micron-sized particles using innovative induced-charge electrokinetic flow; Studying the Segre-Silberberg effect by velocimetry in microfluidic channels Section 7: Heat and mass transfer Differentially heated flow from a rotating sphere; Effects of Navier slip and suction/injection on an unsteady reactive variable viscosity non-Newtonian fluid flow in a channel filled with porous medium and convective boundary conditions; Application of a cooling tower model for optimizing energy use; Numerical simulation of heat transfer and temperature distribution in a printed circuit board enclosure model for different geometries and Reynolds numbers; Numerical simulation of spray combustion of conventional fuels and Biofuels Section 8: Hydrodynamics The equatorial meandering of abyssal ocean currents; Mathematical modeling of Eulerian currents induced by wind and waves at the sea surface; A comparative study on the hydrodynamics of liquid - liquid hydrocyclonic separation; Magnetohydrodynamic shear instabilities arising from interacting vorticity waves Section 9: Porous media flow Modelling capillary barriers; Models of earth-tide-induced groundwater oscillations in the Police Basin, Czech Republic Section 10: Industrial applications Assessment of the aerodynamic response of bridge decks by means of 2D Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes simulations; Performance analysis of an axial exhaust diffuser downstream of an un-shrouded turbine; A numerical study on the cooling water system of an accelerated cooling machine; Electrorheological microvalves