A Review on Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Jet Impingement Cooling Performance with Nanofluids

Microcrack behavior in bone: Stress field analysis at osteon cement line tips

Bone microstructure governs microcrack propagation complexity. Current research, relying on linear elastic fracture mechanics, inadequately considers authentic multi-level structures, like cement lines and osteons, impacting stress intensity at cracks. This study, by constructing models encompassing single or multiple osteons, delves into the influence of factors like crack length, osteon radius, and modulus ratio on the stress intensity factor at the crack tip. Employing a fracture mechanics phase-field approach to simulate crack propagation paths, it particularly explores the role of cement lines as weak interfaces in crack extension. The aim is to comprehensively and systematically elucidate the critical factors of bone microstructure in the context of crack propagation.

Numerical Study of Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics for Al2O3 Nanofluid in a Double-Pipe Helical Coil Heat Exchanger

To numerically investigate the flow and heat transfer characteristics of a water/Al2O3 nanofluid in a double-pipe helical coil heat exchanger, we simulated a two-phase Eulerian model to predict the heat transfer coefficient, Nusselt number, and pressure drop at various concentrations (i.e., volume fraction) and under diverse flow rates at the steady state. In this simulation, we used the k-epsilon turbulence model with an enhanced wall treatment method. The performance factor of the nanofluid was evaluated by accounting for the heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics. As a result, the heat transfer was enhanced by increasing the nanofluid concentration. The 1.0 vol.% nanofluid (i.e., the highest concentration) showed a heat transfer coefficient 1.43 times greater than water and a Nusselt number of 1.38 times greater than water. The pressure drop of nanofluids was greater than that of water due to the increased density and viscosity induced using nanoparticles. Based on the relationship between the Nusselt number and pressure drop, the 1.0 vol.% nanofluid was calculated to have a performance factor of 1.4 relative to water, indicating that the enhancement rate in heat transfer performance was greater than that in the pressure drop. In conclusion, the Al2O3 nanofluid shows potential as an enhanced working fluid in diverse heat transfer applications.