Advanced Computational Methods in Heat Transfer

SECTION 1: HEAT CONDUCTION Conductivity computed tomography; Boundary conditions identification from internal temperature measurement at selected points; Solving initial-boundary heat conduction problems using the multistage-multigroup least squares method; Numerical modelling of non-steady thermal diffusion on the basis of generalized FDM; Modelling of non-steady heat transfer in non-homogeneous spherical domains using a combined variant of the boundary element method; Transient temperature of a coated rotating cylinder subjected to heat flux and surface cooling; Analysis of coupled electric and thermal field problems by a boundary element method; Heat polynomials method in solving the direct and inverse heat conduction problems in a cylindrical system of coordinates; Space marching method with Savitzky-Golay filter for solving inverse heat conduction problems; Stablity investigation for the inverse heat conduction problems; Heat polynomials method in the n-dimensional direct and inverse heat conduction problems. SECTION 2: NATURAL AND FORCED CONVECTION The influence of variable viscosity on thermal convection in porous media; Double diffusive natural convection in binary gases with augmenting horizontal thermal and solutal gradients; The convection under an axial magnetic field in a Czochralski configuration; Free surface natural convection in a differentially heated rectangular cavity; Natural convection heat transfer in cubical enclosures with partial heating of one of the vertical walls. SECTION 3 - THERMAL RADIATION A general formulation of radiant distribution for architecture applications; Thermal effects on solar radiated sand surfaces containing landmines - a heat transfer analysis; Improvements of the Monte Carlo method for radiative heat transfer. SECTION 4: PHASE CHANGE PROBLEMS BEM approaches to phase change system - comparative studies of front tracking and enthalpy method schemes; Conjugate heat transfer in the rotary strip casting process; Convection in a Y-Ba-Cu-O melt during crystal growth by Czochralski method; Numerical simulation of heat transfer during deep penetration laser beam welding; The use of heat transfer simulation in the microstructure prediction during foundry process; Comparison of measured and calculated termperature field in aluminium-copper alloy DC casting. SECTION 5: HEAT AND FLUID FLOW Mixed boundary elements for heat transfer in fluids; Simulation of turbulent heat transfer in annular flow with asymmetric wall roughness; Numerical modelling of phase 'A' of thermal explosions occurring in different conditions; Heat transfer characteristics of a flat plate laminar boundary layer disturbed by a square rod; Characteristics of heat sink flow bypass for thermal modeling; Effects of Prandtl numbers on laminar mixed convective heat transfer in a square channel with non-uniform heating; A three-dimensional numerical study on the effects of inclination angles on bouyancy affected backward-facing step flow and heat transfer; Numerical prediction of cooling margins for a fluid with internal heat generation. SECTION 6: HEAT EXCHANGERS Hairpin bending of flat oval tubes - the solution for the recyclable all aluminium heat exchanger; Unsteady thermal states in a small-scale refrigeration system; Finite element modeling of heat exchangers. SECTION 7: COMPUTATIONAL ASPECTS A numerical method to calculate the cooling performance of a rib-roughened duct; Hybrid methods in heat transfer: the integral transform method; A meshless method for convection-diffusion problems; On stability of some overdetermined inverse heat condution problems; Utilization of the Algor package in solution of the inverse heat convection problem; Generalised integral transform solutions of 3D Luikov problems. SECTION 8: INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS Numerical modelling of the cooling of an electrical unit with time-dependent heat generation; Computational and experimental studies of reburn jet penetration; Numerical processing of the eroding thermocouple signals related to heat transfer analysis in the reciprocating compressor; 3D numerical analysis of the temperature fields in cold store foundations; Optimum design of a heat energy cooling system for obtaining customer satisfaction on economy and efficiency; Heat transfer in a furnace used for the growth of ZnSe via PVT and CVT; Numerical simulation of the combustion phenomena with application to a Romanian steam boiler; Mass transport in thin surface layers - effects from a transport barrier zone; The temperature distribution in a friction assembly with rolling bearing; Analysis of heat transfer from corner structure of building; Heat transfer predicition around traditional Balinese buildings.