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| Chapter 1 | Diffusion-convection |
| Numerical simulation of thermal transport in complicated domains with strong material property changes; Analysis of fluid flow and heat transfer in district heating pipelines using the finite element method | |
| Chapter 2 | Conduction including non-linear problems |
| The use of 3D temperature field calculations in casting and rolling; Combined inverse heat conduction method for highly transient processes | |
| Chapter 3 | Natural and forced convection |
| Mixed convection in a horizontal tube with external longitudinal fins; Flow and thermal characteristics of magnetic fluid in a partly heated pipe; Numerical modelling of transport phenomena in the vicinity of a gas-liquid interface; Finite element study of three-dimensional flow and heat transfer in mold filling process; Numerical study of laminar natural convection of air in an annulus allowing for variable fluid properties; Combined natural convection and radiation heat transfer in an open tilted cavity; Numerical analysis of conjugate heat transfer in a melt-crucible model of Czochralski systems: combined Coriolis and MHD effects on time-dependent 3D melt convection; Modelling of a viscous fluid cooling inside a vessel with walls at a constant temperature; Heat and mass forced convection in a composite fluid-porous annular enclosure | |
| Chapter 4 | Phase change |
| DRBEM computational modelling and non-destructive experiments for surface heat flux determination in direct chill casting of aluminium alloy billets; Super-heating effect on the solidification of a binary substance within a vertical annular enclosure; Spherical solidification by the enthalpy method and heat balance integral method; Numerical simulation of heat and mass transfer during solidification of binary mixtures on n-alkanes; Time dependent simulations of heat transfer in a Czochralski furnace; On application of combined momentum and Eulerian fractions method for modelling two-phase flows with phase transitions; Computational modeling of pulsed laser-induced phase change processes in II - VI semiconductors; A subcooled boiling experimental application for finned surfaces cooling; Pilot calculation of the temperature field of the ceramic material EUCOR; Heat and mass transfer under the film condensation from vapour-gas-dust mixtures; Numerical analysis and parameter identification during Czochralski crystal growth | |
| Chapter 5 | Metal casting, welding, forging and other processes |
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Modelling of air/water cooling of superalloys at high temperatures; Evaluation of thermal properties of magnesium fluoride powders, influence of mechanical compression, powder composition and gaseous conditions; Aspects regarding the heat transfer in furnaces for rolling mills |
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| Chapter 6 | Heat and mass transfer |
| Predictive modelling of heat and mass transfer in hamburger patties; Numerical simulation of temperature fluctuation in frozen food products during storage; Mass and thermal flow in glaciers; The role of the thermo-transport and heat loss in the axial macrosegregation; Analysis of the heat transfer instability in a wavy channel for a developing regime; Heat transfer processes in nonlinear oil formations; Heat transfer investigation during combustion of methane-air mixture in reciprocating engine cylinder | |
| Chapter 7 | Advances in computational methods |
| Modelling heat transfer using adaptive finite elements, boundary elements and meshless methods; On modelling of thermal radiation properties for biofuels; Numerical investigation of chip cooling using volume averaging technique (VAT); Heat field rotation method of crystal growth: numerical simulations; Numerical simulation of induction heating processes; comparison between direct multi-harmonic and classical staggered approaches; Non-linear analysis of heat transfer in burnising rolling operation; Sequential function estimation of distributive surface heat flux using dual reciprocity boundary element method; Online laser curing with preheating of thermoset composites in filament winding; Three-dimensional combustion modelling of a biomass fired pulverized fuel boiler | |
| Chapter 8 | Heat Exchangers |
| Dynamic behaviour of heat exchangers; Peculiarities of tube bank heat transfer in cross foam flow; 3D unstructured finite volume technique for modelling earth air heat exchangers | |
| Chapter 9 | Modelling and experiments in heat transfer |
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Experimental validation of a model-based controller for a rectangular natural circulation loop; Induced heat transfer from human skin; its relationship to the blood perfusion in the tissue; TB dynamic behaviour during thermal shocks - simulation and experiment |
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