Numerical Simulation of First-Order Surface Reaction in Open Cavity Using Lattice Boltzmann Method by Cristian Yoel Quintero-Castañeda, María Margarita Sierra-Carrillo, Arturo I. Villegas-Andrade, Javier Burgos-Vergara

“…The lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is a finite element and finite volume method for studying the reaction rate, mass diffusion and concentration of species. …”
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Thermohydraulic Performance Improvement in Heat Exchanger Square Duct Inserted with 45° Inclined Square Ring by Amnart Boonloi, Withada Jedsadaratanachai

“…The numerical domain of the square duct inserted with the 45° inclined square ring is solved with the finite volume method. The SIMPLE algorithm is picked for the numerical investigation. …”
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Unsteady Productivity Prediction for Three-Dimensional Horizontal Well in Anisotropic Reservoir by Gang Bi, Ying Cui, Jiemin Wu, Zongxiao Ren, Fei Han, Xin Wang, Mengmeng Li

“…In this research, the finite volume method is adopted to develop a three-dimensional unsteady productivity prediction model for horizontal wells. …”
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Numerical Investigation of the Landslide and Its Surge: A Case Study of the Gongjiafang Landslide in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area by Yunyun Fan, Dongyang Ma, Xu Sun

“…The HLL (Harten-Lax-van Leer) finite volume method was used for numerical simulation and analysis. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Pollutant Transport in Fractured Vuggy Porous Karstic Aquifers by Xiaolin Fan, Shuyu Sun, Wei Wei, Jisheng Kou

“…Two phases are numerically simulated for a process of contaminant and clean water infiltrated in the fractured vuggy porous media by coupling mixed finite element (MFE) method and finite volume method (FVM), both of which are locally conservative, to approximate the model. …”
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Using Flow 3D Simulation, Multiple Nonlinear Regression Approach, and Artificial Neural Network Approach Approaches to Study the Behavior of Vertical Drop Structures by Shaikhli Hasan Al, Mohammed Sarah Hashim, Al-Khafaji Zainab

“…This study numerically analyzes the hydraulic features of vertical drops with inverse aprons using FLOW3D software and the finite volume method. The volume of fluid (VOF) technique was employed to simulate the free surface. …”
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Large-Eddy Simulation of the Flow Past a Circular Cylinder at Re = 130,000: Effects of Numerical Platforms and Single- and Double-Precision Arithmetic by Dmitry A. Lysenko

“…Numerical simulations of sub-critical flow past a circular cylinder at Reynolds number <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">R</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">e</mi></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> = 130,000 are performed using two numerical platforms: the commercial, Ansys Fluent, and the open-source, OpenFOAM (finite volume method and large-eddy simulation based on a differential equation for the sub-grid kinetic energy). …”
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Heat Transfer Potentiality and Flow Behavior in a Square Duct Fitted with Double-Inclined Baffles: A Numerical Analysis by Amnart Boonloi, Withada Jedsadaratanachai

“…The numerical models of the HESC installed with the DIB are solved with finite volume method (commercial code). The simulated results of the HESC installed with the DIB are reported in forms of flow topologies and heat transfer characteristics. …”
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Numerical Analyses of Static Characteristics of Liquid Annular Seals Based on 2D LBM-LES Model by Zhenjie Zhang, Lulu Zhai, Jia Guo, Zuchao Zhu, Guoyou Chen

“…Moreover, the proposed model is validated by comparing with the experimental results, calculation results based on the finite volume method (FVM), and the results based on the empirical method of three seals under different operating conditions. …”
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Combined Heat and Mass Transfer of Fluid Flowing through Horizontal Channel by Turbulent Forced Convection by Jamal Eddine Salhi, Kamal Amghar, Hicham Bouali, Najim Salhi

“…A specifically developed numerical model was based on the finite-volume method to solve the coupled governing equations and the SIMPLE (Semi Implicit Method for Pressure Linked Equation) algorithm for the treatment of velocity-pressure coupling. …”
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Solidification behavior of copper/aluminum composites in twin-roll casting under electric fields by Mingyang Zhang, Jiaruo Li, Fuqiang Chu, Yanhui Feng

“…In this study, we simulated the solidification behavior of twin-roll casting (TRC) copper/aluminum composites (Cu/Al) using finite volume method. A comparative examination of the temperature distribution, fluid dynamics, and instantaneous cooling rate, is conducted considering scenarios both with and without the influence of an electric field. …”
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A Design Method of Inland River Channel Based on Hydrodynamic Response of Ship by ZHANG Lei, FENG Shaoxiong, TAN Kun, GUO Tao, SONG Chengguo, CHU Xiumin, MIAO Yang

“…First of all, the secondary development is undertaken based on Fluent for the problem of ship-flow interaction, in which flow domain is simulated by using the finite volume method, and governing equations of ship are embedded through user defined function (UDF) and solved by using the fourth-order Runge-Kutta method. …”
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Modelling Shallow Water Wakes Using a Hybrid Turbulence Model by Clemente Rodriguez-Cuevas, Carlos Couder-Castañeda, Esteban Flores-Mendez, Israel Enrique Herrera-Díaz, Rodolfo Cisneros-Almazan

“…The numerical scheme is based on the Eulerian-Lagrangian finite volume method with four turbulence models, three mixing lengths (ml), and one joining k-ϵ on the horizontal axis with a mixing-length model (ml) on the vertical axis. …”
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Design and Simulation of a Fused Silica Space Cell Culture and Observation Cavity with Microfluidic and Temperature Controlling by Shangchun Fan, Jinhao Sun, Weiwei Xing, Cheng Li, Dongxue Wang

“…A key component in the system is ingenious structural fused silica cell culture cavity with the wedge-shaped connection. Finite volume method (FVM) is applied to calculate its multipoint flow field, pressure field, axial velocity, tangential velocity, and radial velocity. …”
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Investigation of Micro- and Nanosized Particle Erosion in a 90° Pipe Bend Using a Two-Phase Discrete Phase Model by M. R. Safaei, O. Mahian, F. Garoosi, K. Hooman, A. Karimipour, S. N. Kazi, S. Gharehkhani

“…The 3-D governing differential equations were discretized using finite volume method. The influences of size and concentration of micro- and nanoparticles, shear forces, and turbulence on erosion behavior of fluid flow were studied. …”
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Double Diffusion Mixed Convection in a Porous Cylindrical Cavity Filled with a Casson Nanofluid Driven by a Lid, Taking Into Account the Soret and Dufour Effects by Mustapha El Hamma, Lebna Elattari, Soufiane Nouari

“…Numerical simulations were conducted using numerical methods rooted in the finite volume method (FVM). Fortran numerical codes using FVM were implemented in the experiments to achieve the results. …”
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Study on the Convective Term Discretized by Strong Conservation and Weak Conservation Schemes for Incompressible Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer by Peng Wang, Bo Yu, Jianyu Xie, Yu Zhao, Jingfa Li, Qianqian Shao

“…When the conservative governing equation of incompressible fluid flow and heat transfer is discretized by the finite volume method, there are various schemes to deal with the convective term. …”
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Optimizing heat transfer in a finned rectangular latent heat storage system using response surface methodology by Mohammadreza Ebrahimnataj Tiji, Sina Rezaei, Khashayar Hosseinzadeh, Sami Kaplan, Pouyan Talebizadehsardari, Amir Keshmiri

“…The numerical simulations are performed using the enthalpy-porosity approach, wherein the phase transition behaviors are effectively modeled by incorporating the energy, momentum, and continuity equations into one analytical framework using the finite volume method. To investigate the effects of find design on the process of melting, three different fin configurations were adopted: Symmetry, Reversed Symmetry, and Left-Sided. …”
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Implementation and Comparison of High-Resolution Spatial Discretization Schemes for Solving Two-Fluid Seven-Equation Two-Pressure Model by Pan Wu, Fei Chao, Dan Wu, Jianqiang Shan, Junli Gou

“…In this paper, a semi-implicit algorithm based on the finite volume method with staggered grids is developed to solve such advanced well-posed two-pressure model. …”
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A Two-Phase Numerical Model of Well Test Analysis to Characterize Formation Damage in Near-Well Regions of Injection Wells by Jia Zhang, Shiqing Cheng, Shiying Di, Zhanwu Gao, Rui Yang, Pengliang Cao

“…To solve the model more efficiently, we used the finite volume method to discretize partially differential flow equations in a hybrid grid system, including both Cartesian and radial meshes. …”
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