Advances in Fluid Mechanics

Section 1: Computational methods in fluid mechanics The performance of drag models on flow behaviour in the CFD simulation of a fluidized bed; Solution of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations via real-valued evolutionary algorithms; A parallel computing framework and a modular collaborative cfd workbench in Java; A parallel ILU strategy for solving Navier-Stokes equations on an unstructured 3D mesh; On the mathematical solution of 2D Navier Stokes equations for different geometries; A computational method for pressure wave machinery to internal combustion engines and gas turbines; Aerodynamic flow simulation; Simulations of viscoelastic droplet deformation through a microfluidic Contraction; Simulation of single bubble rising in liquid using front tracking method Section 2: Experimental versus simulation methods Pilot simulation of the temperature field of a continuous casting; Experimental and computational investigation of kinematic mixing in a periodically driven cavity; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) use in the simulation of the death end ventilation in tunnels and galleries; Prediction of high-speed rigid body manoeuvring in air-water-sediment; Experimental study and modelling of the kinetics of drying of urban wastewater treatment plant sludge; Experimental investigation of grid-generated turbulence using ultrasonic travel-time technique; Aluminized composite solid propellant particle path in the combustion chamber of a solid rocket motor; Simulation of unsteady muzzle flow of a small-caliber gun Section 3: Hydraulics and hydrodynamics Hot spots and nonhydraulic effects in surface gravity flows; Finite amplitude evolution of frictionally destabilized abyssal overflows in a stratified ocean; Watershed models and their applicability to the simulation of the rainfall-runoff relationship; Dynamic pressure evaluation near submerged breakwaters; Mean flow effects in the nearly inviscid Faraday waves; High frequency AC electrosprays: mechanisms and applications Section 4: Fluid structure interaction A structured multiblock compressible flow solver SPARTA for planetary entry probes; Eulerian simulations of oscillating airfoils in power extraction regime; Laboratory tests on flow field around bottom vane Section 5: Convection, heat and mass transfer Velocity vorticity-based large eddy simulation with the boundary element method; Flow and heat transfer characteristics of tornado-like vortex flow; Modeling fluid transport in PEM fuel cells using the lattice-Boltzmann approach; Painleve analysis and exact solutions for the coupled Burgers system Section 6: Boundary layer flow New scaling parameter for turbulent boundary layer with large roughness; Stratified flow over topography: wave generation and boundary layer separation; Group analysis and some exact solutions for the thermal boundary layer Section 7: Multiphase flow Cavity length and re-entrant jet in 2-D sheet cavitation; Numerical results for coagulation equation with bounded kernels, particle source and removal; Volume of fluid model applied to curved open channel flows; Drag reduction in two-phase annular flow of air and water in an inclined pipeline; Fluid flow simulation in a double L-bend pipe with small nozzle outlets; Stability analysis of dredging the flow sediment regiment upstream a dam Section 8: Non-Newtonian fluids Viscous spreading of non-Newtonian gravity currents in radial geometry; Axisymmetric motion of a second order viscous fluid in a circular straight tube under pressure gradients varying exponentially with time; The flow of power law fluids between parallel plates with shear heating Section 9: Wave studies Second-order wave loads on offshore structures using the Weber's transform method; Rear shock formation in gravity currents; Nonlinear dynamics of Rossby waves in a western boundary current Section 10: Industrial applications Assessment of aerodynamic noise in an industrial ventilation system; Airflow modeling analysis of the Athens airport train station; An industrial method for performance map evaluation for a wide range of centrifugal pumps; Large eddy simulation of compressible transitional cascade flows; CFD modelling of sludge sedimentation in secondary clarifiers; Hydro-power plant equipped with Pelton turbines: basic experiments relating to the influence of backpressure on the design Section 11: Turbulence flow CFD modelling of wall-particle interactions under turbulent flow conditions; Exact statistical theory of isotropic turbulence; The SGS kinetic energy and the viscous dissipation equations as closure relations in LES; Deforming mesh with unsteady turbulence model for fluid-structure Interaction; Dispersion of solid saltating particles in a turbulent boundary layer Section 12: Biofluids An exact solution of the Navier-Stokes equations for swirl flow models through porous pipes; Experimental investigation of flow through a bileaflet mechanical heart valve; Numerical analysis of blood flow in human abdominal aorta Section 13: Permeability problems Revising Darcy's law: a necessary step toward progress in fluid mechanics and reservoir engineering; Hydrodynamic permeability prediction for flow through 2D arrays of rectangles; Analytical approach predicting water bidirectional transfers: application to micro and furrow irrigation; The meniscus depression of a porous spherical particle at the three phase contact line