The effect of tube diameter on two-phase flow patterns was investigated in circular tubes with inner diameters of 0.6, 1.2, 1.7, 2.6, and 3.4mm using air and water. The gas and liquid superficial velocity ranges were 0.01–50 and 0.01–3m/s, respectively. The gas and liquid flow rates were measured and the two-phase flow pattern images were recorded using high-speed CMOS camera. The flow patterns...

An extended and systematic ab initio investigation of the energetics, structural, electronic, optical and Raman-active properties of heavily Li-doped ultrathin 4 Å diameter carbon nanotubes of different chiralities has been performed. A number of new features not discussed earlier are observed in the present study. Our values for the binding energies of the Li-doped tubes are higher than the on...

Abstract   An empirical investigation was carried out to study convective heat transfer of nanofluid flow inside an inclined copper tube under uniform heat flux condition. Required data are acquired for laminar and hydrodynamically fully developed flow inside round tube. The stable CuO-base oil nanofluid with different nanoparticle weight fractions of 0.5%, 1% and 2% was produced by means of ul...

The present study considers steady laminar two-dimensional incompressible flow over both in-line and staggered flat tube bundles used in heat exchanger applications. The effects of various independent parameters, such as Reynolds number (Re), Prandtl number (Pr), length ratio (L=Da), and height ratio (H=Da), on the pressure drop and heat transfer were studied. A finite-volume-based FORTRAN code...

Abstract This study is conducted to investigate the effect of off-center placement twisted tape on flow distribution and heat transfer in a circular tube. The width 20, 18, 16, 14 12 mm performance discussed under same twist ratio 2.0. numerical analysis field, average Nusselt number, friction factor thermo-hydraulic parameter tube are with Reynolds number ranged from 2600 8760. results indicat...

Composite columns were preferred over reinforced concrete in modern-day construction techniques due to their confinement effect. Different materials utilized as the outer confining tube and are mainly characterized by mechanical properties. The main objective of this research is develop a novel simplified artificial neural network model for determination ultimate axial load circular composite i...