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    Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Supersonic Flow in an Axisymmetric Inlet

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Sepahi Younsi, Javad (Author) ; Soltani, Mohammad Reza (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    No considerable investigation of inlet aerodynamics has been done in our country up to now. Some numerical study in this field has been accomplished without any experimental test. To solve the inner and outer flow field of the inlet in this investigation, the numerical methods has been used and also experimental tests for code validation has been done. The inlet is an axisymmetric external compression one. In the numerical simulation the Navier-Stokes equations with explicit finite volume method have been used to model the axisymmetric, steady and turbulent flow field of the inlet in a structured grid. Viscous fluxes with a finite volume method, molecular viscosity coefficient with the... 

    Modeling of Dynamic Kill in Gas-Condensate Well

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Daneshpajouh, Abouzar (Author) ; Shad, Saeed (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    By exploring huge gas-condensate reservoirs, three-phase transient flow modeling demonstrates its crucial role in designing dynamic kill, relief well parameters and kill procedure of such wells. Controlling gas-condensate well needs robust transient three phase models capable of capturing discontinuities in density, geometry and velocity of phases. In this paper, two phase Advection-Upstream-Splitting-Method hybrid scheme is extended to three-phase model capable of modeling blowout and dynamic kill in gas-condensate-water wells. Density and viscosity changes are calculated using Peng-Robinson equation of state and in according, flow model parameters are corrected.The capability of this model... 

    A Direct Design Method Based on the 3-Dimensional Euler Equations with Application in Internal Subsonic and Supersonic Flows

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Nejati, Ashkan (Author) ; Taeibi-Rahni, Mohammad (Supervisor) ; Ghadak, Farhad (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    In this work, a direct design approach for designing a surface shape (inverse design problem) has been developed in which both the target surface pressure and the unknown nodal coordinates appear explicitly in the formulations. The final discretized form of the governing equations (unified formulation) can be used for both analysis and shape design problems. Shape design problems in the context of the steady inviscid and compressible flow, based on the three-dimensional Euler equations, were directly solved to achieve a prescribed pressure along the solid boundaries. The AUSM+ scheme was used to discretize the flux terms in the Euler equations, in which the inviscid flux is splitted into... 

    Numerical Simulation of Cavitating Flows with Compressibility Effects

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Mahmoudi, Zakaria (Author) ; Hejranfar, Kazem (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    In this study, the numerical simulation of cavitating flows with compressibility effects is performed. The algorithm employs the multiphase Euler equations with homogeneous equilibrium model. The baseline differential equations system is similar to the one-phase system of equations and comprised of the mixture density, mixture momentums and mixture energy equations. Thephases considered for cavitating flows is liquid-vapor and liquid-gas fields. The system of governing equations is discretized using a cell-centered finite volume AUSM’s upwind scheme. The computations are presented for steady noncavitating/cavitating flows around 1D/2Dproblems for different conditions. A sensitivity study is... 

    Computational Simulation of Supersonic Flow in an Axisymmetric Mixed Compression Inlet

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Zarea Chavoshi, Majid (Author) ; Tayyebi Rahni, Mohammad (Supervisor) ; Ebrahimi, Abbas (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Inlet performance is an important field in aerodynamic design of aerial vehicle engines. This study has been focused on nummerical investigation of inlet performance. For this purpose, a density based finite volume CFD code has been developed to solve supersonic axisymmetric flow in a mixed compression inlet. A structured multi-block grid and an explicit time discritization of Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations have been used. Furthermore, both Roe’s approximated Riemann solver and advection upwind splitting method (AUSM) have been utilized for computing inviscid flux vectors. Also, the monotone upstream centered schemes for conservation laws (MUSCL) extrapolation with Van... 

    Computational Simulation of Micromixing, Using LBM

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Hosseini-zade, Mohammad (Author) ; Taeibi-Rahni, Mohammad (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Nowadays, microfluidic flow appears in many applications, such as medical, biological, and chemical industries. Where as, micromixing, which deals with mixing of microfluidic flow in micro channels, appears to be an important issue to many researchers. In such systems, molecular diffusion plays an important role. On the other hand, lattice Boltzmann method is a relatively new simulation technique for complex fluid systems and has become interesting to many researchers in computational physics. In this study, computational simulation of such mixing process, using LBM is the main objective. Different obstacle layouts inside a microchannel have been investigated. Chaotic advection and jet... 

    Analysis of a Mathematical Model Describing the Geographical Spread of Dengue Disease

    , Ph.D. Dissertation Sharif University of Technology Gazori, Fereshteh (Author) ; Hesaaraki, Mahmoud (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Dengue is one of the most important infectious diseases in the world. This disease is a viral infection that is transmitted to humans through the bite of a mosquito called Aedes aegypti. For this reason, geographical regions infected with this type of mosquito are at risk of Dengue outbreak. In this thesis, we first present a mathematical model describing the geographical spread of Dengue disease, which includes the movement of both the human population and the winged mosquito population. This model is derived from a mixed system of partial and ordinary differential equations. Our proposed model has the ability to consider the possibility of asymptomatic infection, so that the presence of... 

    Numerical Analysis of a Supersonic Jet into a Subsonic Compressible Crossflow and the Effects on a Downstream Fin

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Mohammadi, Masoud (Author) ; Tayyebi Rahni, Mohammad (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Jet into cross-flow interaction is one of the complex and fundamental problems in fluids dynamics and heat transfer, which is observed in various applications, such as pollutant discharges, film cooing of turbine blades, combustion chamber design of jet engines, trust vectoring systems, boundary layer control, and vertical short take-off and landing (VSTOL) aircrafts. One of the applications of this kind of flow is injection of supersonic jet into subsonic compressible cross-flow, which is used in trust vectoring systems of missiles. In this research, the two-dimensional interactions of supersonic jet into subsonic compressible cross-flow were investigated as two cases: "without a fin" and... 

    Two-dimensional numerical investigation of a micro combustor

    , Article Scientia Iranica ; Volume 17, Issue 6 B , December , 2010 , Pages 433-442 ; 10263098 (ISSN) Irani Rahaghi, A ; Saidi, M. S ; Saidi, M. H ; Shafii, M. B ; Sharif University of Technology
    2010
    Abstract
    In this paper, a two-dimensional numerical approach is used to study the effect of micro combustor height, mass flow rate and external convection heat transfer coefficient on the temperature and species mass fraction profiles. A premixed mixture of H2-Air with a multi-step chemistry is used. The transient gas phase energy and species conservation equations result in an Advection-Diffusion-Reaction system that leads to two stiff systems of PDEs. In the present work, the computational domain is solved through the Strang splitting method, which is suitable for a nonlinear stiff system of PDEs. A revised boundary condition for the velocity equation is applied and its effect on the flow... 

    Turbulence and additive effects on ignition delay in supersonic combustion

    , Article Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering ; Volume 227, Issue 1 , 2013 , Pages 93-99 ; 09544100 (ISSN) Tahsini, A. M ; Sharif University of Technology
    2013
    Abstract
    Numerical study of two-dimensional supersonic hydrogen-air mixing layer is performed to investigate the effects of turbulence and chemical additive on ignition distance. Chemical reaction is treated using detail kinetics. Advection upstream splitting method is used to calculate the fluxes, and one-equation turbulence model is chosen here to simulate the considered problem. Hydrogen peroxide is used as an additive and the results show that inflow turbulence and chemical additive may drastically decrease the ignition delay in supersonic combustion  

    Tracer transport in naturally fractured reservoirs: Analytical solutions for a system of parallel fractures

    , Article International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer ; Volume 103 , 2016 , Pages 627-634 ; 00179310 (ISSN) Abbasi, M ; Hossieni, M ; Izadmehr, M ; Sharifi, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    Elsevier Ltd 
    Abstract
    In naturally fractured reservoirs, modeling of mass transfer between matrix blocks and fractures is an important subject during gas injection or contaminant transport. This study focuses on developing an exact analytical solution to transient tracer transport problem along a discrete fracture in a porous rock matrix. Using Gauss-Legendre quadrature, an expression was obtained in the form of a double integral which is considered as the general transient solution. This solution has the ability to account the following phenomena: advective transport in fractures and molecular diffusion from the fracture to the matrix block. Certain assumptions are made which allow the problem to be formulated... 

    Three-dimensional spread analysis of a Dengue disease model with numerical season control

    , Article International Journal of Biomathematics ; Volume 14, Issue 8 , 2021 ; 17935245 (ISSN) Gazori, F ; Hesaaraki, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    World Scientific  2021
    Abstract
    Dengue is among the most important infectious diseases in the world. The main contribution of our paper is to present a mixed system of partial and ordinary differential equations. This combined model is a generalization of the two presented mathematical models (A. L. de Araujo, J. L. Boldrini and B. M. Calsavara, An analysis of a mathematical model describing the geographic spread of dengue disease, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 444 (2016) 298-325) and (L. Cai, X. Li, N. Tuncer, M. Martcheva and A. A. Lashari, Optimal control of a malaria model with asymptomatic class and superinfection, Math. Biosci. 288 (2017) 94-108), describing the geographic spread of dengue disease. Our model has the ability... 

    The effect of pH and ionic strength on the transport of alumina nanofluids in water-saturated porous media: Experimental and modeling study

    , Article Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry ; Volume 137, Issue 4 , 2019 , Pages 1169-1179 ; 13886150 (ISSN) Zareei, M ; Yoozbashizadeh, H ; Madaah Hosseini, H. R ; Sharif University of Technology
    Springer Netherlands  2019
    Abstract
    Alumina nanofluids are one of the most useful nanofluids, especially for increasing the thermal conductivity. Due to importance of porous media in the improvement of heat transfer, this study investigates the transport and retention of gamma alumina/water nanofluid in the water-saturated porous media. For this purpose, alumina nanofluids were introduced to the porous media consisting of water-saturated glass beads possessing various pH values (4, 7 and 10) and different ionic strengths (0.001 M of KCl, CaCl2, AlCl3, K2SO4, CaSO4, Al2(SO4)3, K2CO3 and CaCO3). Then the break through curve of each experiment was drawn and modeled by combining classical filtration theory with... 

    Stabilized Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) method for incompressible viscous fluid flows

    , Article CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences ; Volume 29, Issue 2 , 2008 , Pages 75-94 ; 15261492 (ISSN) Haji Mohammadi, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    2008
    Abstract
    In this paper, the truly Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) method is extended for computation of steady incompressible flows, governed by the Navier-Stokes equations (NSE), in vorticity-stream function formulation. The present method is a truly meshless method based on only a number of randomly located nodes. The formulation is based on two equations including stream function Poisson equation and vorticity advection-dispersion-reaction equation (ADRE). The meshless method is based on a local weighted residual method with the Heaviside step function and quartic spline as the test functions respectively over a local subdomain. Radial basis functions (RBF) interpolation is employed in shape... 

    Simulation of compressible and incompressible flows through planar and axisymmetric abrupt expansions

    , Article Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME ; Volume 141, Issue 11 , 2019 ; 00982202 (ISSN) Nouri Borujerdi, A ; Shafiei Ghazani, A ; Sharif University of Technology
    American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)  2019
    Abstract
    In this paper, compressible and incompressible flows through planar and axisymmetric sudden expansion channels are investigated numerically. Both laminar and turbulent flows are taken into consideration. Proper preconditioning in conjunction with a second-order accurate advection upstream splitting method (AUSM+-up) is employed. General equations for the loss coefficient and pressure ratio as a function of expansion ratio, Reynolds number, and the inlet Mach number are obtained. It is found that the reattachment length increases by increasing the Reynolds number. Changing the flow regime to turbulent results in a decreased reattachment length. Reattachment length increases slightly with a... 

    Pore-doublet computational fluid dynamic simulation of the effects of dynamic contact angle and interfacial tension alterations on the displacement mechanisms of oil by low salinity water

    , Article International Journal of Multiphase Flow ; Volume 143 , 2021 ; 03019322 (ISSN) Alizadeh, M ; Fatemi, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    Elsevier Ltd  2021
    Abstract
    Using our recently developed model, for the first time in the literature, the effect of fluid/fluid and rock/fluid interactions on the performance of Low Salinity Waterflooding (LSWF, as an Enhanced Oil Recovery process) at pore-doublet scale is investigated. The model is incorporated into OpenFOAM and both the Navier-Stokes equation for oil/water two-phase flow and the advection-diffusion equation for ion transport (at both fluid/fluid and rock/fluid interface) are solved via direct numerical simulation (DNS). The model is validated against imbibition and drainage pore-doublet experiments reported in the literature, and then applied to investigate the sole effect of wettability alteration... 

    Pore-doublet computational fluid dynamic simulation of the effects of dynamic contact angle and interfacial tension alterations on the displacement mechanisms of oil by low salinity water

    , Article International Journal of Multiphase Flow ; Volume 143 , 2021 ; 03019322 (ISSN) Alizadeh, M ; Fatemi, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    Elsevier Ltd  2021
    Abstract
    Using our recently developed model, for the first time in the literature, the effect of fluid/fluid and rock/fluid interactions on the performance of Low Salinity Waterflooding (LSWF, as an Enhanced Oil Recovery process) at pore-doublet scale is investigated. The model is incorporated into OpenFOAM and both the Navier-Stokes equation for oil/water two-phase flow and the advection-diffusion equation for ion transport (at both fluid/fluid and rock/fluid interface) are solved via direct numerical simulation (DNS). The model is validated against imbibition and drainage pore-doublet experiments reported in the literature, and then applied to investigate the sole effect of wettability alteration... 

    Parametric study on mixing process in an in-plane spiral micromixer utilizing chaotic advection

    , Article Analytica Chimica Acta ; Volume 1022 , 2018 , Pages 96-105 ; 00032670 (ISSN) Vatankhah, P ; Shamloo, A ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    Recent advances in the field of microfabrication have made the application of high-throughput microfluidics feasible. Mixing which is an essential part of any miniaturized standalone system remains the key challenge. This paper proposes a geometrically simple micromixer for efficient mixing for high-throughput microfluidic devices. The proposed micromixer utilizes a curved microchannel (spiral microchannel) to induce chaotic advection and enhance the mixing process. It is shown that the spiral microchannel is more efficient in comparison to a straight microchannel, mixing wise. The pressure drop in the spiral microchannel is only slightly higher than that in the straight microchannel. It is... 

    One-dimensional numerical investigation of a cylindrical micro combustor

    , Article Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference 2009, HT2009 ; Volume 3 , 2009 , Pages 115-123 ; 9780791843581 (ISBN) Irani R, A ; Saediamiri, M ; Saidi, M. S ; Saidi, M. H ; Shafii, M. B ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    In this paper, a one-dimensional numerical approach is used to study the effect of various parameters such as micro combustor diameter, mass flow rate and external convection heat transfer coefficient on the temperature and species mass fraction profiles. A premixed mixture of H2-Air with a multi-step chemistry (9 species and 19 reactions) is used and thermal conductivity of the mixture is considered as a function of species thermal conductivity and temperature by using a set of new relations. The transient gas phase energy and species conservation equations result in an Advection-Diffusion-Reaction system (A-D-R) that leads to two stiff systems of PDEs, which can not be solved by... 

    Numerical calculation of turbulent reacting flow in a model gas-turbine combustor

    , Article 41st AIAA Thermophysics Conference, 22 June 2009 through 25 June 2009 ; 2009 ; 9781563479755 (ISBN) Darbandi, M ; Ghafourizadeh, M ; Schneider, G. E ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    In this work, an efficient bi-implicit strategy is suitably developed within the context of a hybrid finite volume element method to solve axisymmetric turbulent reactive flow in a model gas turbine combustor. Based on the essence of a control-volume-based finite-element method, the formulation benefits from the geometrical flexibility of the finite element methods while the discrete algebraic governing equations are derived through applying the conservation laws to discrete cells distributed in the solution domain. To enhance the efficiency of method, we extend the physical influence upwinding scheme to cylindrical coordinates. This extension helps to improve the advection flux...