In the present work, the performance of a tubular electrochemical reactor operated with three different inlets (central, lateral and tangential) was evaluated. Fluid flow simulations through the electrochemical reactor were performed using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The steady state fluid flow was simulated to visualize the velocity field behavior along the reactor for each different i...

For die-casting, various approaches to finding the optimal control settings and optimal mold by using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulator have recently been studied and applied. However, the optimal value obtained by using a conventional CFD simulator does not consistently agree with experiment, owing to computational error. Accordingly, we analyze the problem of optimization with a ...

Since the renewable resources of energy have become extremely important, especially wind energy, scientists have begun to modify the design of the wind turbine components, mainly rotor blades. Aerodynamic design considered a major research field related to power production of a small horizontal wind turbine, especially in low wind speed locations. This study displays an approach to the selectio...

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) dynamics in the cervical spinal subarachnoid space (SSS) have been thought to be important to help diagnose and assess craniospinal disorders such as Chiari I malformation (CM). In this study we obtained time-resolved three directional velocity encoded phase-contrast MRI (4D PC MRI) in three healthy volunteers and four CM patients and compared the 4D PC MRI measurement...

It is becoming a popular practice for architects and HVAC engineers to simulate airflows in and around buildings by Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) methods in order to predict indoor and outdoor environments . However, many CFD programs are crippled by a historically poor and inefficient user interface system, particularly for users with little training in numerical simulation. This investig...

It is becoming a popular practice for architects and HVAC engineers to simulate airflows in and around buildings by Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) methods in order to predict indoor and outdoor environment. However, many CFD programs are crippled by a historically poor and inefficient user interface system, particularly for users with little training in numerical simulation. This investigat...

An experimental technique to accurately quantify the deformation and the bend-twist coupling of high performance composite foils under fluid loading is presented. The experimental results are reproduced in a Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) environment to assess the impact of board deflection and changes in pitch angle on vertical force generated in the C-foils while sailing under increased hy...

PURPOSE Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery represents the standard treatment of advanced coronary artery disease. Two major types of anastomosis exist to connect the graft to the coronary artery, i.e., by using an end-to-side or a side-to-side anastomosis. There is still controversy because of the differences in the patency rates of the two types of anastomosis. The purpose of this pap...

Surrogate-based optimization (Queipo et al. 2005, Simpson et al. 2008) represents a class of optimization methodologies that make use of surrogate modeling techniques to quickly find the local or global optima. It provides us a novel optimization framework in which the conventional optimization algorithms, e.g. gradient-based or evolutionary algorithms are used for sub-optimization(s). Surrogat...