Modeling And Simulation Of Fluid Flow And Heat Transfer

In the rapidly advancing modern world, scientific and technological understanding and innovation are reaching new heights. Computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer have emerged as powerful tools, playing a pivotal role in the analysis and design of complex engineering problems and processes. With the ability to mathematically model various engineering phenomena, these computational tools offer a deeper understanding of intricate dynamics before the physical prototype is created. Widely employed as simulation tools, computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer codes enable the virtual or digital prototype development of products and devices involving complex transport and multiphasic phenomena. They have become an indispensable element of the agile product development environment across diverse sectors of manufacturing, facilitating accelerated product development cycles.

Key features of this book:

• Covers the analysis of advanced thermal engineering systems
• Explores the simulation of various fluids with slip effect
• Applies entropy and optimization techniques to thermal engineering systems
• Discusses heat and mass transfer phenomena
• Explores fluid flow and heat transfer in porous media
• Captures recent developments in analytical and computational methods used to investigate the complex mathematical models of fluid dynamics
• Covers the application of mathematical and computational modeling techniques to fluid flow problems in various geometries

Modeling and Simulation of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer delves into the fascinating world of fluid dynamics and heat transfer modeling, presenting an extensive exploration of these subjects. This book is a valuable resource for researchers, engineers, and students seeking to comprehend and apply numerical methods and computational tools in fluid dynamics and heat transfer problems.

Dr. Reshu Gupta did her Ph.D. on the topic “Study of some problems of heat transfer in the flows of some fluids.” She is an Assistant Professor in the Applied Science Cluster (Mathematics) at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) in Dehradun, India. She has 20 years teaching experience. She has taught Linear Algebra, Fluid Dynamics, Numerical Methods, Differential Equations, Calculus, Abstract Algebra, Ring Theory, and Discrete Mathematics. Her research areas include Fluid Dynamics, Differential Equations, and Heat and Mass Transfer. She has published several papers in various journals and conference proceedings.

Dr. Mukesh Kumar Awasthi did his Ph.D. on the topic “Viscous correction for the potential flow analysis of capillary and Kelvin‑Helmholtz instability.” He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow. Dr. Awasthi has specialized in the mathematical modeling of flow problems. He has taught courses in Fluid Mechanics, Discrete Mathematics, Partial Differential Equations, Abstract Algebra, Mathematical Methods, and Measure Theory to postgraduate students. He is well versed in the mathematical modeling of flow problems, and he can solve these problems analytically as well as numerically. He has a good grasp of the subjects such as viscous potential flow, electro‑hydrodynamics, magneto‑hydrodynamics, heat, and mass transfer.

Dr. Awasthi has qualified for the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted at All-India level in 2008 by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and received Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) for doing his research. He has published 115 plus research publications (journal articles/books/book chapters/conference articles) with Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, Springer, Emerald, World Scientific, and many other national and international journals and conferences. Moreover, he has published seven books. He has attended many symposia, workshops, and conferences in mathematics as well as fluid mechanics. He has received the Research Awards four consecutive times, from 2013 to 2016 from the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India. He has also received the start‑up research fund for his project “Nonlinear study of the interface in multilayer fluid system” from UGC, New Delhi. He is listed in the top 2% influential researchers in the World prepared by Stanford University based on Scopus data in 2022.