Energy Balance and Heat Storage of Small Shallow Water Bodies in Semi-arid Areas

This research aims at developing a flexible and efficient (numerical) approach for estimating energy balance and heat storage of small shallow lakes in arid and semi-arid regions. To reach to this aim, some numerical methods and improvements in conventional methods were done. Optimizing the methods developed in this thesis is considered in order...

Numerical investigation of turbulence in abdominal aortic aneurysms

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a powerful method to investigate aneurysms. The primary focus of most investigations has been to compute various hemodynamic parameters to assess the risk posed by an aneurysm. Despite the occurrence of transitional flow in aneurysms, turbulence has not received much attention. In this article, we...

Numerical and CFD-Based Modelling of Concentrated Domestic Slurry in Turbulent Flow Through Circular Pipes

The concentration of domestic slurry has two advantages, it promotes resource recovery (nutrients and biomass) and saves water. But the design of a relevant sewerage requires a clear understanding of the frictional losses incurred during the transport of the slurry. This abstracts describes numerical & CFD-based methods to estimate losses...

Assessment of turbulent blood flow and wall shear stress in aortic coarctation using image-based simulations

In this study, we analyzed turbulent flows through a phantom (a 180^∘ bend with narrowing) at peak systole and a patient-specific coarctation of the aorta (CoA), with a pulsating flow, using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). For MRI, a 4D-flow MRI is performed using a 3T scanner. For CFD, the...

Aortic valve neocuspidization and bioprosthetic valves: Evaluating turbulence haemodynamics

Aortic valve disease is often treated with bioprosthetic valves. An alternative treatment is aortic valve neocuspidization which is a relatively new reparative procedure whereby the three aortic cusps are replaced with patient pericardium or bovine tissues. Recent research indicates that aortic blood flow is disturbed, and turbulence effects...