International Journal of Fluid Mechanics & Thermal Sciences

Volume 1, Issue 1, April 2015

  • Fluid Dynamic Investigation of the Height Effect of an Inclined Roof Obstacle

    Slah Driss, Zied Driss, Imen Kallel Kammoun

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 1, April 2015
    Pages: 1-7
    Received: Apr. 15, 2015
    Accepted: Apr. 21, 2015
    Published: Apr. 24, 2015
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    Abstract: The present paper is dedicated to the numerical simulation of the height effect of an inclined roof obstacle. The governing equations of mass and momentum in conjunction with the standard k-ε turbulence model are solved using the computational fluid Dynamics (CFD). The numerical method used a finite volume discretization. Experiments in wind tunnel... Show More
  • Time Step Size Effect on the Liquid Sloshing Phenomena

    Abdallah Bouabidi, Zied Driss, Mohamed Salah Abid

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 1, April 2015
    Pages: 8-13
    Received: Apr. 15, 2015
    Accepted: Apr. 21, 2015
    Published: Apr. 24, 2015
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    Abstract: In this paper, the effect of the time step size on the numerical results of the liquid sloshing problem was studied for a laterally moving three-dimensional (3D) rectangular tank in a battery cell. The commercial software "Fluent" has been used to predict the local flow characteristics in the tank. To simulate 3D incompressible viscous two phase flo... Show More
  • Evaluation of the Savonius Wind Rotor Performance for Different External Overlap Ratios

    Zied Driss, Ali Damak, Mohamed Salah Abid

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 1, April 2015
    Pages: 14-19
    Received: Apr. 15, 2015
    Accepted: Apr. 27, 2015
    Published: May 05, 2015
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    Abstract: Experimental investigations were carried out to study the external overlap ratios effect on the performance of a vertical axis wind rotor of the Savonius type. For thus, an open wind tunnel has been designed and realized in Laboratory of Electro-Mechanic Systems at National School of Engineers of Sfax. This involved also the instrumentation and the... Show More