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A. Balbay¹, H. Ülker², Ö. Şahin³
FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.9, No.1, pp. 1-10, 2013, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2013.009.001
Abstract In this study, drying behaviours of the outer shell peeled Bittim (Pistacia terebinthus) with initial moisture content of 42.2% (dry basis (d.b)) was investigated in a novel fixed bed drying system. The drying experiments were performed at different temperatures (40 °C, 60 °C and 80 °C), air velocities (0.5 m/s and 1 m/s) and weights (30 g and 40 g). A constant rate period was not observed in the drying of bittims; all the drying process occurred in falling rate period. Three models in literature were selected to fit the experimental data. The fit quality of models More >

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M. M. Shemirani¹, M. Z. Saghir²
FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.9, No.1, pp. 11-21, 2013, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2013.009.011
Abstract Producing homogeneous single bulk crystals requires a good understanding of the thermo-solutal behavior in the solvent region. This study explores simulation of the growth of large diameter single bulk crystals of silicon and germanium alloy from its melt utilizing Bridgman method. Both thermal and solutal diffusion of silicon and germanium in the molten SiGe alloy are of interest. It was observed that the diffusion dominates the transport phenomenon in the solvent region especially in the first 25 mm of the model due to having a Pe_T <<1. It was also found that the control of both More >

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E. Gedik¹, H.Kurt², Z.Recebli¹
FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.9, No.1, pp. 23-33, 2013, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2013.009.023
Abstract In this paper, the steady, laminar, incompressible viscous flow of an electrically conducting liquid-metal fluid is investigated numerically in a circular non-conducting pipe. The considered work fluid is Galinstan (GaInSn, i.e. Gallium-Indium-Tin). Such a liquid metal is subjected to a constant pressure gradient along the axial direction and a uniform transverse magnetic field in the spanwise direction. Numerical simulations are performed by means of the Fluent commercial software (used to solve the governing three dimensional fluid dynamics and electromagnetic field partial differential equations iteratively). The magnetic field induction, B, takes values between 0 and 1.5 More >

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A. Maougal¹, R. Bessaïh²
FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.9, No.1, pp. 35-59, 2013, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2013.009.035
Abstract The present study is a numerical investigation of the irreversibility and heat transfer properties of a steady laminar mixed flow in a square cavity, filled with a saturated porous medium and heated by a discrete set of heat sources. The continuity, Navier-Stokes, energy and entropy generation equations have been solved by a finite volume method. Both heat transfer irreversibility and fluid friction irreversibility have been taken into account in the computations of entropy generation. Simulations have bee carried out for Reynolds number Re=20, 40, 80, 100, 200, Darcy number, Da=10^-5-10^-1, Prandtl number, Pr=0.015, 0.7, 10, 103, More >

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S. Aggoune¹, E.H. Amara¹, M. Debiane²
FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.9, No.1, pp. 61-75, 2013, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2013.009.061
Abstract The effects of inert assisting gas nature and velocity on laser cut quality are investigated. A pure fusion cutting process just above melting point is considered, where the molten steel velocity is given as a function of the two acting forces represented by the pressure gradient and the frictional forces applied by the laminar gas flow. In the case of nitrogen assisting gas, the stainless steel melt film exhibits a visible separation point. The point where the melt flow is separated out from the solid wall depends strongly on the gas velocity. It is pushed… More >

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Emad Elnajjar¹, Mohammad O. Hamdan, Yousef Haik
FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.9, No.1, pp. 77-89, 2013, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2013.009.077
Abstract In this paper, two heat transfer configurations (central-jet and side-jet) of jet impinging on a semicircular surface are experimentally studied. The internal channel is formed using flat insulated wall and a semi-circular surface using a curved flexible heater with a uniform heat flux. A set of experiments have been performed for the purpose of assessing the heat augmentation and pressure drop between the two jet configurations. The measurements include the inlet and outlet flow temperatures using thermocouples, the temperature map of the flexible heater using thermal infra-red camera, the flow rates using rotary meter and More >

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