Normal and Accidental Scenarios Analyses with MELCOR 1.8.2 and MELCOR 2.1 for the DEMO Helium-Cooled Pebble Bed Blanket Concept by Bruno Gonfiotti, Sandro Paci

“…Hence, careful analyses have to be executed to demonstrate that the confinement barriers are able to withstand the pressure peak within design limits and the residual cooling capabilities of the Primary Heat Transfer System are sufficient to remove the decay heat. …”
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Numerical Study on Combustion and Atomization Characteristics of Coaxial Injectors for LOX/Methane Engine by Jiabao Xu, Ping Jin, Ruizhi Li, Jue Wang, Guobiao Cai

“…Because the injector can greatly affect the atomization and combustion, this study performed a three-dimensional numerical simulation of atomization, combustion, and heat transfer in a subscale LOX/methane engine to evaluate the effect of the main fluid parameters with different methane injection temperatures and different injectors on atomization performance and combustion performance. …”
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Computational Study on Three-Dimensional Convective Casson Nanofluid Flow past a Stretching Sheet with Arrhenius Activation Energy and Exponential Heat Source Effects by P. Ragupathi, S. Saranya, H.V.R. Mittal, Qasem M. Al-Mdallal

“…The suitable knowledge of heat transfer via non-Newtonian fluid is essential for the achievement of best quality products in industry. …”
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Thermodynamic modelling of the lead sintering roasting process by Rojas Sánchez T., Serrano Romero A., Ramírez Hernández A., López Rodríguez J., Almaguer Guzmán I., Benavides Pérez R., Flores Favela M.

“…The compositions and temperatures of the species are calculated considering that the local thermodynamic equilibrium is reached in each stage without external heat transfer, apart from the gas flow, before moving on to the next stage. …”
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Study on the heating law of thermal effect of HIFU on tissue based on piezoelectric ceramic voltage and vibration frequency by Yuping Long, Yi Gan, Fujia Sun, Yansong Zhao

“…By coupling the piezoelectric equation, Helmholtz equation, and biological heat transfer equation of piezoelectric ceramics, the solid mechanical properties of piezoelectric ceramics and the sound field and temperature field produced by its vibration are combined to determine the influence of vibration frequency and voltage on heating time. …”
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Thermal Insulating Concrete Wall Panel Design for Sustainable Built Environment by Ao Zhou, Kwun-Wah Wong, Denvid Lau

“…Both the experimental and simulation results have shown that the gypsum layer improves the thermal insulation performance by retarding the heat transfer across the building envelopes.…”
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Hydromagnetic Stability of Metallic Nanofluids (Cu-Water and Ag-Water) Using Darcy-Brinkman Model by J. Ahuja, U. Gupta, R. K. Wanchoo

“…An analytical investigation is made by applying normal mode technique and Galerkin type weighted residuals method and the stability of Cu-water and Ag-water nanofluids is compared. Mode of heat transfer is through stationary convection without the occurrence of oscillatory motions. …”
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Thermal Performance Analyses of Multiborehole Ground Heat Exchangers by Wanjing Luo, Changfu Tang, Yin Feng, Pu Miao

“…Besides, two mechanisms, the thermal dissipation and the heat storage effect, will determine the heat transfer underground, which can be further divided into four stages. …”
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Self-Healing Polyurethane-Based Nanocomposites Modified with Carbon Fibres and Carbon Nanotubes by Szatkowski Piotr, Pielichowska Kinga, Blazewicz Stanislaw

“…The introduction of fibrous components to the polymer matrix improved the thermal conductivity of nanocomposites and facilitated heat transfer from the environment to the interior of the samples, necessary to initiate self-healing. …”
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Study on Downhole Throttling Characteristics of High Water Content Gas by Jie Zheng, Zhenzhen Li, Yihua Dou, Yarong Zhang, Cheng Bi, Xu Yang, Jiahui Li

“…Based on the wellbore gas-liquid two-phase pipe flow theory and heat transfer theory, the temperature and pressure coupling prediction model of a high water-bearing gas well is established. …”
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Prey-Taxis vs. An External Signal: Short-Wave Asymptotic and Stability Analysis by Andrey Morgulis, Karrar H. Malal

“…The models differ to one another through the description of their responses: the first one employs the Patlak–Keller–Segel law for both responses, and the second one employs Cattaneo’s model of heat transfer for both responses following to Dolak and Hillen. …”
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Ligament and Droplet Generation by Oil Film on a Rotating Disk by Hengchao Sun, Guoding Chen, Li’na Wang, Fei Wang

“…The lubrication and heat transfer designs of bearing chamber depend on an understanding of oil/air two-phase flow. …”
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Analysis of Koo-Kleinstreuer-Li model water-based nanofluid: Interval Type 2 fuzzy approach by M.M. Nayak, S.R. Mishra, Rupa Baithalu

“…Interval type-2 trapezoidal fuzzy sets are used in this fuzzy analysis to investigate the role of several physical factors on velocity and temperature distribution, shear rate, Nusselt number (rate of heat transfer), nanoparticle diameter, fluid temperature, and volume concentration. …”
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Time-Dependent Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Flow of an Exothermic Arrhenius Fluid in a Vertical Channel with Convective Boundary Condition by M. M. Hamza, S. Abdulsalam, S. K. Ahmad

“…Flow is influenced by several factors, including the Hartmann number, Newtonian heating, Navier slip parameter, Frank-Kamenetskii parameter, and mixed convection parameter. Shear stress and heat transfer rates were also investigated and reported. …”
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Reduction of Residual Stress for High-Strength Low-Alloy Steel Strip Based on Finite Element Analysis by Zengshuai Qiu, Anrui He, Jian Shao, Xiaoming Xia

“…In this study, a three-dimensional finite element (FE) model of high-strength low-alloy steel strip on the run-out table coupled with heat transfer, phase transformation, and strain/stress is developed by ABAQUS software. …”
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Two-Dimensional Modeling of Thermomechanical Responses of Rectangular GFRP Profiles Exposed to Fire by Lingfeng Zhang, Weiqing Liu, Guoqing Sun, Lu Wang, Lingzhi Li

“…To address this issue, a two-dimensional (2D) thermomechanical model was developed to predict the thermal and mechanical responses of rectangular GFRP tubes subjected to one-side ISO-834 fire exposure in this paper. The 2D governing heat transfer equations with thermal boundary conditions, discretized by alternating direction implicit (ADI) method, were solved by Gauss-Seidel iterative approach. …”
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MHD Analysis of Couple Stress Hybrid Nanofluid Free Stream over a Spinning Darcy-Forchheimer Porous Disc under the Effect of Thermal Radiation by Muhammad Zubair, Muhammad Jawad, Ebenezer Bonyah, Rashid Jan

“…The analysis of such kind of mixed convective flow is most important due to numerous industrial applications such as electronic devices, atomic reactors, central solar energy equipment, and heat transferring devices. The impact of variable permeability is also considered in the study. …”
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Aqueous Nanofluid as a Two-Phase Coolant for PWR by Pavel N. Alekseev, Yury M. Semchenkov, Alexander L. Shimkevich

“…These additives can enhance a heat transfer of water as a two-phase coolant for PWR due to natural forming of nanoparticles with a thermal conductivity higher than water. …”
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Application of Ultraviolet Radiation to Control the Calcium Carbonate Scale Formation and Deposition on the Membranes by Chanbasha Basheer, Mokhtar Rashwan, Eid Al-Mutairi, Amjad A. Shaikh, Khurram Karim Qureshi

“…Scale formation on surfaces in contact with water supersaturated with calcium carbonate creates technical problems, including heat transfer hindrance, energy consumption, and equipment shutdown. …”
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A Radiative Chemical Process for the Methylene Blue Degradation by Natural Convective Nanofluid Flow over an Upright Cone by E. Ragulkumar, J. Vinoth Kumar, N. Abirami, P. Sambath, K. K. Viswanathan

“…Numerical evaluation of the flow field equation was carried out using an excellent finite difference method after it has been converted into a dimensionless form. Different heat transfer occurrences were observed depending on temperature, velocity, and concentration when using several types of nanofluids (TiO, Ag, Cu, and Al2O3Z3). …”
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