Nozzle clogging is a serious productivity and quality problem in continuous casting. This work reviews the causes, effects, and solutions to clogging in continuous casting nozzles. The results of a one-dimensional, steady state analysis of the heat loss from the molten steel stream through the nozzle wall are discussed. The analyses show that steel may freeze within the clog matrix for a relati...

The effect of gravity and thermal expansion on the propagation of a triple flame in a horizontal channel. Combustion and Flame Submitted (2013). [3] Al-Malki, F and Daou, J. Triple-flame propagation against a Poiseuille flow in a channel with porous walls. Submitted (2013). [4] Daou, J. Strained premixed flames: effect of heat-loss, preferential diffusion, and the reversibility of the chemical ...

Abstract An optimisation study of a shock-wave-focusing geometry is presented in this work. The configuration serves as reliable and deterministic detonation initiator pulsed engine. combustion chamber consists circular pipe with one convergent–divergent axisymmetric nozzle, acting focusing device for an incoming shock wave. Geometrical changes are proposed to reduce the minimum wave strength n...

An experimental and numerical analysis of a low-angle annular expander nozzle is presented to observe the variance in shock structure within the flow field. A RANS-based axisymmetric numerical model was used to evaluate flow characteristics and the model validated using experimental pressure readings and schlieren images. Results were compared with an equivalent convergingdiverging nozzle to de...

Abstract Some plasma propulsion concepts rely on a strong magnetic field to guide the plasma flow through the thruster nozzle. The question then arises of how the magnetically confined plasma can detach from the spacecraft. This work presents an MHD detachment scenario in which the plasma flow stretches the magnetic field lines to infinity. Detachment takes place after the energy density of the...

The influence of the plug shape on the performance of an aerospike nozzle thrust force is studied in different back pressure conditions. To generate smooth plug contours, Cubic B-Spline technique is employed. In the current research, basis functions are obtained using Deboor’s relation. The flow field around the aerospike nozzle is investigated implementing various shapes and the best of the ge...

Numerical studies have been carried out using a validated two-dimensional RNG k-epsilon turbulence model for the design optimization of a thrust vector control system using shock induced supersonic secondary jet. Parametric analytical studies have been carried out with various secondary jets at different divergent locations, jet interaction angles, jet pressures. The results from the parametric...

A jet flow from a triangular-inlet orifice can be made to oscillate or “precess” by partially confining it with a short cylindrical chamber. However, for a narrow range of chamber lengths, the jet is deflected but does not oscillate. Earlier flow-visualisation experiments with this stationary-deflected triangular jet (SDTJ) have revealed a complex flow pattern inside the chamber. The aim of thi...

It has been suggested that rising bubbles in dense fluids resemble an inverted dripping faucet and that they undergo analogous period-doubling bifurcations to chaos. We present experimental results demonstrating that this analogy is weak because the dominant source of instability in the bubble train is inherently different mutual interactions between spatially separated bubbles as opposed to no...