A novel method of heating wind tunnel flows to strong thermal stratifications is described. Variable electric heating is employed to create user-selectable temperature profiles in steady, uniform mean flow. Linear temperature gradients of up to 200~ (V/iisfil~i frequencies of 2.5 rad s1) can be sustained. The performance of the facility is discussed in the context of continuouslystratified grid...

Experiments were conducted to determine the influence of local vapor quality on local heat transfer coefficient in flow boiling in an array of microchannels. Additionally, the variation of local heat transfer coefficient along the length and width of the microchannel heat sink for given operating conditions was investigated over a range of flow parameters. Each test piece includes a silicon par...

In this paper we prove stability of Robin solid wall boundary conditions for the compressible Navier-Stokes equations. Applications include the no-slip boundary conditions with prescribed temperature or temperature gradient and the first order slip-flow boundary conditions. The formulation is uniform and the transitions between different boundary conditions are done by a change of parameters. W...

Directional transport of high-temperature droplets enjoys broad application prospects in the fields drag reduction and heat transfer. In this paper, two adjacent regions with different surface roughness were constructed on 304 stainless steel by laser etching to control directional movement droplets. It is found that have Leidenfrost temperatures, temperature lower under smaller roughness. When...

in the present paper, an analysis was carried out to investigate effects of radiation on a free convection flow bounded by a vertical surface embedded in a porous medium with constant suction velocity. it was under the influence of uniform magnetic field in the presence of a homogenous chemical reaction and viscous dissipation with constant heat and mass flux. the non-dimensional governing equa...

The analysis of solute and thermal dispersion in pulsatile flow through the stenotic tapered blood vessel is presented. The present problem is an extension of the work done by Ramana et al. who considered the time-invariant arterial wall. In the present model, the flexible nature of the arterial wall through the obstruction (called stenosis) is considered and it is achieved with the he...

INTRODUCTION The complex hemodynamics of the left ventricle outflow tract (LVOT) combined with the complex geometry of the ascending aorta (AA) produce a non-uniform shear stress distribution on the AA wall [1]. Endothelial cells are known to be sensitive to shear stress and can lead to vascular remodeling. We hypothesize that a non-uniform morphological adaptation occurs in the AA tissue leadi...

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a localized dilatation of the aortic wall. The lack of an accurate AAA rupture risk index remains an important problem in the clinical management of the disease. To accurately estimate AAA rupture risk, detailed information on patient-specific wall stress distribution and aortic wall tissue yield stress is required. A complete fluid structure interaction (FSI)...

BACKGROUND One of the current shortcomings of radiofrequency (RF) tumor ablation is its limited performance in regions close to large blood vessels, resulting in high recurrence rates at these locations. Computer models have been used to determine tissue temperatures during tumor ablation procedures. To simulate large vessels, either constant wall temperature or constant convective heat transfe...