The water transfer project has alleviated the shortage of water resources, but frequent scheduling of water distribution hubs can harm the water transmission buildings. This article is based on the...

The daily operations of large hydropower stations on rivers induce frequent variations in downstream water levels and flow velocities, resulting in unsteady and complex hydraulic characteristics at...

This research uses 3D Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations to investigate the downhole Natural Gas Separation Efficiency (NGSE) for multiphase pumping wells in the heterogeneous churn flo...

Hybrid-dimensional simulations can balance simulation accuracy and computational costs. However, applying hybrid-dimensional simulations to flight status remains challenging due to weak convergence...

Detection of flow fields constitutes a critical role in the advancement and innovation of hypersonic aircraft. Under hypersonic conditions, aircraft aerodynamics manifest a multitude of complex phe...

This study aimed to develop an accurate and reliable model for predicting suspended sediment load (SL) in river systems, which is crucial for water resource management and environmental protection....

Despite extensive studies on the modification of airfoil profiles, most studies have primarily focused on the turbulent wave development and aerodynamic characteristics of modified airfoils. Moreov...

This paper presents a novel segment-based Eulerian-Lagrangian transition method for predicting the primary and secondary breakup behavior of a flat nozzle spray. It combines the Volume of Fluid (VO...

The landslide-induced overtopping waves on the dam possesses the potential to release significant energy, presenting a severe hazard to infrastructures and human lives downstream. To gain insight i...

Transient flow frequently occurs in water delivery systems, including various flow regimes such as water hammer, free surface flow, and slug flow. Current models often oversimplify these phenomena ...

Considering the differences and complex nonlinear relationships of the observational data, this research integrated the hydrological, hydrodynamic and time series models, including the SWAT+, MIKE2...

This paper conducts simulations to analyze the flow control characteristics of cylindrical flow over porous plates in the subcritical regime, utilising large-eddy simulation (LES) coupled with the ...

The purpose of this research elaborates the behaviour of the two-phase hybrid nano-fluid flow of viscous fluid through the stretching sheet. Impacts of heat transfer, for MHD two-dimensional steady...

The traditional one-dimensional (1D) model often fails to accurately predict the dynamic pressure response of large offline air pockets during transients, due to a lack of comprehensive understandi...

Predicting noise from the actual train model by numerical simulation and wind tunnel testing requires appropriate corrections based on reduced model scale and airflow velocity. This paper utilises ...

Many aerodynamic shape optimization methods often focus on utilizing the end-to-end relationship between design variables and aerodynamic performance to find the optimal design, while overlooking t...

In current work, the unsteady stagnation point’s flow on a special third-grade fuzzy hybrid (Al2O3 + Cu/SA) nanofluid (HNF) through a permeable convective shrinking/stretching sheet has been scrutini...

A sudden angle change between the Y-shaped diversion channel and the inlet tank of the circular pump station often leads to boundary layer separation and large vortex formation. These flow patterns...

Urban pumping stations often adopt the design of lateral-intake multiple forebays to accommodate multiple pump units in a limited space and to reduce interaction between the operating units. Howeve...

Gas turbines are pivotal in electricity generation and industry, prized for their efficiency and flexibility in meeting diverse power needs. Optimizing their thermal efficiency is essential for imp...

Iron ore pellet production processes produce large amounts of CO2 emissions when burning fossil fuels. One example is the grate-kiln process, where normally a coal flame is used to indurate pellets...

Inspired by the tip feathers of soaring birds, the device of tip sails was designed and installed on the wing to achieve drag reduction. The influences of design parameters including cant angles, t...

A robust comprehensive energy dissipation model is developed to investigate the rapid filling process of a T-shaped bifurcated pipeline with entrapped air pocket, while an experimental system is de...

This study aims to develop simulation methods, performance evaluation methods, and optimization strategies for blood pumps. Computational fluid dynamics, in-vitro hemocompatibility experiments and ...

This paper presents a pioneering artificial intelligence (AI) solution – the Arctic Tern-Optimized Weighted Feature Least Squares Support Vector Regression (ATO-WFLSSVR) system to aid civil enginee...

Within the context of the European Green Deal, recycling rates of plastics and metals are targeted to increase which will subsequently increase the requirements for high-quality recycled plastics a...

In the fish passage facility design, understanding the coupled effects of hydrodynamics on fish behaviour is particularly important. The flow field caused by fish movement however are usually obtai...

This study proposes a battery thermal management system based on L-shaped heat pipes coupled with liquid cooling. Experimental and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) numerical simulation studies ha...

Sediment scour numerical simulation plays a critical role in the design of water-resistant foundation engineering, and this paper addresses a significant gap in most related studies, which often ov...

Groundwater quality assessment is essential for achieving safe and sustainable water resources, specifically in regions that rely mainly on groundwater. This study focuses on evaluating groundwater...

Vortex flow characteristics in a reservoir and horizontal water intake have been predicted by using regression models in this numerical research. In this paper, three standalone machine learning mo...

At present, the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is one of the most promising new energy solutions. The structure and material properties of the gas diffusion layer (GDL) are important fa...

In the petroleum sector, electrical submersible pumps (ESP) face numerous challenges when handling multiphase flow of gas and liquid. The primary challenge is from the build-up of the gas-bubbles w...

High-geothermal damage is one of the major challenges in high-speed railway tunnel construction. Current studies have shortcomings in the formation mechanism of tunnel environment and the environme...

Hydrofoil trailing edge shape directly influences its downstream flow state. Due to the non-streamlined shape, alternating vortices will form downstream, resulting in complex pressure pulsations. D...

The design of mooring line parameter for a floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) should consider the ultimate limit state. Typhoons should be considered as a threatening condition for mooring desig...

The jet can be applied to the yaw control of a projectile, however, the complex interaction of the jet with the supersonic mainstream makes the flow field complex and yaw force unpredictable. To re...

The significant accumulation of snow and ice in the bogie region severely compromises operational quality and poses a safety hazard to high-speed trains. To enhance testing capabilities for assessi...

Bipolar plates perform multiple functions for the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). This study focuses on optimizing cathode channels to leverage a local loss mechanism to enhance gas tra...

The potential of advanced tree-based models and optimized deep learning algorithms to predict fluvial bedload transport was explored, identifying the most flexible and accurate algorithm, and the o...

A high-speed multi-stage centrifugal pump building upon a transient investigation into the hydrodynamic characteristics, is conducted for 16 sets of clocking positions. The most significance of the...

Hydraulic excitation causes abnormal head-cover vibration in some pump-turbines, particularly as design heads continue to rise. Pump-turbines with heads exceeding 600 m have reported such vibration...

Boundary layer transition induced by surface roughness elements plays an important role in aerodynamic and aero-thermodynamic design of subsonic/supersonic/hypersonic vehicles. However, the effect ...

Enhanced understanding of flow structure in braided rivers is essential for river regulation, flood control, and infrastructure safety across the river. It has been revealed that the basic morpholo...

The curved tidal channel, Luotou Deep-water Navigational Channel, is the main channel of the Ningbo Zhoushan Port, which is ranked first in the world. Tidal dynamics in the channel are spatially an...

This study conducts a comprehensive numerical investigation into enhancing thermal transfer within square enclosures filled with water-based oxide nanoparticle suspensions, subjected to central sin...

Flippers are key tissues through which frogs swim in water, and their spreading and contracting state directly affects their ability to move while driving their hind limbs. First, inspired by movem...

Copper (Cu) nanoparticles (NPs) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) are utilized to enhance heat transfer (HT) which is used in the efficiency of solar energy systems. Copper nanoparticles have excellent t...

Magnetic coupling is an approach employed to prevent gas leakage by transforming the dynamic seal into a non-contact static seal for the recovery of natural gas pressure energy. The impact of therm...

In this work, computational intelligence methodologies are used to investigate the trihybrid nanofluid, a new theoretical model with remarkable thermal transmission properties to enhance liquid the...

Dynamic changes in ship maneuverability challenge the accuracy and effectiveness of ship maneuvering models. This paper proposes an online prediction method based on the adaptive weighted ensemble ...

One of the most significant issues in urban design is energy-related CO2 emissions, which are rising quickly as cities expand. The GDP of the Central European countries (from 1990 to 2016) based on...

In numerical fire simulations, the calculation of thermal feedback from the flame to the solid and liquid fuel surface plays a critical role as it connects the fundamental gas-phase flame burning a...

In this paper, a multi-objective optimization strategy for efficient design of turbomachinery blades using sparse active subspaces is implemented for a turbofan stage design. The proposed strategy ...

Controlling pressure impact of water hammer is an important guarantee for safe and stable running of pipeline systems. Previously, we proposed a spring self-adaptive auxiliary control (SAC) system ...

In this paper, we revisit the classical energy transport equation for pure tidal flows in estuaries by including the effects of residual water level and freshwater discharge. Starting from the one-...

Autonomous underwater helicopters (AUHs) are complex electromechanical systems consisting of multiple interconnected sub-disciplines, posing a significant challenge for traditional sequential desig...

To study the key factors on integrated curtain formation and breakup in curtain coating production process, we used the numerical simulation method to analyze the various stages of the curtains fro...

Sewage pumps are widely utilized in various applications, including municipal wastewater treatment plants, industrial processes, and residential sewage systems. These pumps are specifically designe...

Energy-related CO2 emissions are one of the biggest concerns facing urban design today, increasing rapidly as cities grow. This study uses as inputs the GDP of the G8 nations (from 1990 to 2016) de...