[1] We present a detailed case study of the electrodynamics of a high-latitude trough observed at ~ 12 UT (~1 MLT) on 8 March 2008 using multiple instruments, including incoherent scattering radar (ISR), GPS total electron content (TEC), magnetometers, and auroral imager. The electron density within the trough dropped as much as 80% within 6minutes. This trough was collocated with a countercloc...

A numerical investigation of forced convection in a channel with hot solid block inside a square porous block mounted on a bottom wall was carried out. The lattice Boltzmann method was applied for numerical simulations. The fluid flow in the porous media was simulated by Brinkman-Forchheimer model. The effects of parameters such as porosity and thermal conductivity ratio over flow pattern and t...

In this paper, the problem of forced convection over a horizontal flat plate under condition of variable plate temperature is presented and the homotopy perturbation method (HPM) is employed to compute an approximation to the solution of the system of nonlinear differential equations governing the problem. This paper provides good supplements to the existing literature and generalizes the previ...

Solidification thermal parameters, such as growth rate, cooling rate and dendrite arm spacing ( ), have been measured in a hypoeutectic Al-Mg alloy directionally solidified under upward and downward transient heat flow conditions. The experimental setup used in this work consists of a water-cooled mould with heat being extracted from the bottom or the top, promoting upward and downward directio...

In this paper, mathematical models are presented to study the thermal behavior of crops (cabbage and peas) for open sun drying (natural convection) and inside the greenhouse under both natural and forced convection. The predictions of crop temperature, greenhouse room air temperature and rate of moisture evaporation (crop mass during drying) have been computed in Matlab software on the basis of...

Both vapour and gas bubbles are known to significantly increase heat transfer rates between a heated surface and the surrounding fluid, even with no phase change. However, the complex wake structures means that the surface cooling is not fully understood. The current study uses high speed infra-red thermography to measure the surface temperature and convective heat flux enhancement associated w...

A new micro heat spreader (MHS) concept for efŽ cient transport of large, concentrated heat loads is introduced. The MHS is a single-phase, closed micro uidic system, which utilizes reciprocating ̄ow forced convection. This micro uidic device has the potential to control transient heat loads by active control strategies. Hence, it can be utilized in various thermal management applications, mai...

Hgl -,Cd,Te and Cdl -,Zn,Te single crystals were grown by the travelling heater method (THM), applying two different techniques of artificially stirring the solution zone. Accelerated crucible rotation (ACRT) was used in a vertical growth arrangement and compared a technique with constant rotation around the horizontal axis of the ampoule. The dominant hydrodynamic mechanisms of both methods ar...

[1] We use the Global Ionosphere-Thermosphere Model (GITM) to simulate the ionospheric reaction to a simple step change of the high-latitude forcing terms during the first hour of electric field enhancement. In response to the enhanced convection electric field, both the convection velocity and Joule heating increase dramatically. The changes in NmF2 present that the tongue extends across the p...