Laminar convective nanofluid flow over a backward-facing step with an elastic bottom wall

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dc.contributor.authorSelimefendigil F.
dc.contributor.authorÖztop H.F.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T08:09:42Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T08:09:42Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractIn the present study, laminar forced convective nanofluid flow over a backward-facing step was numerically investigated. The bottom wall downstream of the step was flexible, and finite element method was used to solve the governing equations. The numerical simulation was performed for a range of Reynolds number (between 25 and 250), elastic modulus of the flexible wall (between 104 and 106), and solid particle volume fraction (between 0 and 0.035). It was observed that the flexibility of the bottom wall results in the variation of the fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics for the backward-facing step problem. As the value of Reynolds number and solid particle volume fraction enhances, local and average heat transfer rates increase. At the highest value of Reynolds number, heat transfer rate is higher for the case with the wall having lowest value of elastic modulus whereas the situation is reversed for other value of Reynolds number. Average Nusselt number reduces by about 9.21% and increases by about 6.1% for the flexible wall with the lowest elastic modulus as compared to a rigid bottom wall for Reynolds number of 25 and 250. Adding nano-additives to the base fluid results in higher heat transfer enhancements. Average heat transfer rates enhance by about 35.72% and 35.32% at the highest solid particle volume fraction as compared to nanofluid with solid volume fraction of 0.01 for the case with wall at the lowest and highest elastic modulus. A polynomial type correlation for the average Nusselt number along the flexible hot wall was proposed, which is dependent on the elastic modulus and solid particle volume fraction. The results of this study are useful for many thermal engineering problems where flow separation and reattachment coupled with heat transfer occur. Control of convective heat transfer for such configurations with wall flexibility and nanoparticle inclusion to the base fluid was aimed in this study to find the effects of various pertinent parameters for heat transfer enhancement. © 2018 by ASME.
dc.identifier.DOI-ID10.1115/1.4038738
dc.identifier.issn19485085
dc.identifier.urihttp://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/14933
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.publisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
dc.subjectElastic moduli
dc.subjectFacings
dc.subjectFinite element method
dc.subjectFlow separation
dc.subjectHeat transfer coefficients
dc.subjectNanofluidics
dc.subjectNusselt number
dc.subjectReynolds number
dc.subjectThermal Engineering
dc.subjectTurbulent flow
dc.subjectVolume fraction
dc.subjectAverage heat transfers
dc.subjectBackward facing step
dc.subjectConvective heat transfer
dc.subjectEngineering problems
dc.subjectFlow separation and reattachments
dc.subjectFluid flow and heat transfers
dc.subjectHeat Transfer enhancement
dc.subjectSolid volume fraction
dc.subjectHeat convection
dc.titleLaminar convective nanofluid flow over a backward-facing step with an elastic bottom wall
dc.typeArticle

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