Abstract We are delighted to bring the third volume of International Journal of Advanced Thermofluid Research (IJATR). The objective of IJATR is to publish up-to-date, high-quality and original research papers alongside relevant and insightful reviews. The journal aspires to be vibrant,and accessible, and at the same time integrative and exigent. Thermofluid research is the application […]

Abstract Geophysical flow simulation for the prediction of emergency situations such as inundation, dam break, oil spills and tsunami is an active field of research. Depth-averaged form of conservation equations, known as shallow water equations (SWE), are the main inputs for such simulations. Recent research has proved that SWEs are powerful enough to capture up […]

Abstract Unsteady Aerodynamics study of Plunging Airfoils at various frequencies and amplitude at low Reynolds Numbers of the order of Insect/Birds flight is of importance to the design and flying of Micro Aerial Vehicle to meet the requirement of Para-military forces, Border Security forces and other homeland service forces. A new methodology has been developed […]

Abstract This study investigated the performance of blown airfoil. Two types of blown airfoil were developed. The integrated parts of the airfoils were investigated in the subsonic wind tunnel to study the aerodynamic forces. Each airfoil was implemented with a blower at different locations on the upper surface and was tested in the wind tunnel, […]

Abstract In the present study, unsteady heat and mass nanofluid flow past a stretching sheet with the effect of thermal radiation and magnetic field was carried out. To obtain non-similar equation, the boundary layer governing equations including continuity, momentum, energy and concentration balance were non-dimensionaised by usual transformation. The non-similar approach was employed, which depends […]

Abstract The present study is aimed at examining the unsteady MHD heat and mass flow of a nanofluid passing a stretching sheet with thermal radiation in a rotating system. The governing boundary layer equations as continuity, momentum, energy, concentration equation were solved by introducing a time dependent length scale in a similarity approach. Obtained nonlinear […]

Abstract In this work, the thermodynamic performance of a domestic refrigerator was experimentally studied by simultaneously varying the refrigerant charge (mr) and the capillary tube length (L). The potential of replacing R12 by R600a was also investigated. The test rig for the experiment was a vapor compression refrigerator designed to work with R12. The enthalpyof […]

Abstract On behalf of the editorial board, I am proud to announce launching of the first issue in the second year of IJATR (Volume 2 Issue 1). Along with the regular articles, this issue includes selected papers from 2nd International Conference on Computational Methods in Engineering and Health Sciences (ICCMEH- 2015), 19-20 December 2015, Universiti […]

Abstract Heat transfer behavior of laminar flow inside circular duct with centre-cleared twin twisted tape (CTTT) swirl generator was investigated numerically. The governing equations were solved with a finite-volume-based numerical method. A three-dimensional non uniform grid was generated, in order to critically examine the flow and heat transfer. The centre-cleared twin twisted tapes were tested […]

Abstract This article presents investigation of the inflow of sediments depending upon the stream flow, density and kinematic viscosity of water. The process involves Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) technique for estimation of sediment load and volume, by using UNISTAT software (Version 5.6). A general equation is developed for a specific flow rate while considering density […]