Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power
Proc. of the 33rd Natl. and 3rd Intl. Conf. on

Editor: Prof. Sushantha K. Mitra
Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT, Mumbai


Table of Contents

Turbomachinery

Experimental Investigations on the Performance of Conventional Savonius Rotor Under Static and Dynamic Conditions
M.A. Kamoji, S.V. Prabhu and S.B. Kedare

Performance Study of a Savonius-Darrieus Wind Rotor
R. Das, R. Gupta and K.K. Sharma

Numerical Simulation on a Pump Operating in a Turbine Mode
Sonia Rawal and J.T. Kshirsagar

Euler Simulation of Flow in Transonic Compressor Rotor
V.R. Kalamkar and S. Jain

Flow Studies in a Centrifugal Compressor Stage
R. Rajendran, S. Ramamurthy and P. Mohanan

Stability and Turbulence

Stability Experiments in a Turbulent Channel
Ganapathi Joshi, Srinivas V. Veeravalli and P.K. Sen

Simulation of Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Using Level Set Method
A. Salih and S. Ghosh Moulic

Incompressible Flow Field around Two Dimensional Circular Cylinders in Pair
Y.G. Bhumkar, A. Roy, S. Das and J.K. Prasad

Large Eddy Simulation of Flow Past Square Cylinder with Fine Grid
Manoj Kumar Radle, E.G. Tulapurkara and G. Biswas

Statistical & Thermodynamical Concepts of Isotropic & Non Isotropic General Turbulence, Two Phase Gas Particle Turbulent Flows
A. Mitter

Compressible Flows

Pressure Drop with an Array of Delta Wing Vortex Generators on Two Opposite Walls in Square and Rectangular Ducts
M.K. Nalawade and R.P. Vedula

Behaviour of Flow Field of an Isolated Rectangular Air-Intake at Supersonic Speed
M. Prasath, S. Das, A. Roy and J.K. Prasad

Aerodynamic Load Computation Over Various Blunt Body Configurations
S.B. Tiwari and R.C. Mehta

A Computational Approach to Analyze the Effect of Forebody on Twin Intake Duct Flow
K. Saha, S.N. Singh and V. Seshadri

A Study of Wall Pressure Distribution of an Axisymmetrical Y-shaped Air Intake
Amar Nath Mullick and Bireswar Majumdar

Numerical Simulation of Flow Over a 'S' - Shaped Hydrofoil
T. Micha Prem Kumar and Dhiman Chatterjee

Flow Around Circular Cylinders on Flat Surface at Supersonic Speed
N. Karthik, S. Das, A. Roy and J.K. Prasad

Effect of Compressibility Corrections to Turbulence Models Applied to a Hypersonic Re-Entry Configuration
Kushal S. Kedia and Krishnendu Sinha

Numerical Simulation of Film Cooling for Re-Entry Modules
Praveen Nair and T. Jayachandran

Simulation and Analysis of Flow Inside a Scramjet Combustor
Amarjit Singh, G.S. Barpande, P.D. Sonawane and V.B. Jawre

Numerical Simulation of Two Phase Flow in Solid Rocket Motor
Praveen Nair and T. Jayachandran

Two Phase Flow

Experimental and Numerical Study on Effects of System Pressure on Flashing Driven Natural Circulation System Under Low-Pressure
P.P. Sajith, R.P. Vedula and S.K. Mitra

Two-Phase Natural Circulation Flow Behavior at Reduced Inventory Conditions
M.R. Gartia, A.K. Nayak, P.K. Vijayan and D. Saha

Single-Phase and Two-Phase Flow Pressure Drop Across Various Components of Ahwr Fuel Bundle
M.R. Gartia, D.S. Pilkhwal, P.K. Vijayan and D. Saha

Numerical Simulation of Stratified Two-Fluid/Phase Developing Flow in a Plane Channel using Level-Set Method
Debabrata Datta, Atul Sharma, K.N. Iyer and S.S. Bajaj

Microfluidics

Numerical Modeling of Gaseous Flow through Micro Channels
Nirmalya Bayal, Arunabha Chanda and Asis Mazumdar

Characterization of Gas Flow through Long Silicon Etched Microchannels Using Local Pressure Measurement
K. Vijayalakshmi, K.B. Anoop, P.V. Harikrishna, T. Sundararajan and S.K. Das

Modelling of Rarefied Gas Flow through Long Microchannels
Nishanth Dongari and Amit Agrawal

An Experimental Investigation of Slip Flow of Rarefied Gases through a Circular Pipe and a Square Duct
Gaurav Kumar, S.V. Prabhu and Amit Agrawal

Fabrication and Characterization of Integrated Microchannel and Microheater
S.G. Singh, S.P. Duttagupta, A. Bhattacharya and N. Meiti

Fabrication of Microchannel Array Using Simple Alignment Technique
K. Srinivasan, P.M.V. Subbarao, S.R. Kale and S. Chandra

Experimental Study of Two Phase Flow in Micro Channel
S. G. Singh, S. P. Duttagupta, A. M. Kulkarni, S. Kumar, B. P. Puranik and A. Agrawal

Flow Analysis through a Healthy and Stenosed Artery Using CFD Tools
Sumeet Trehan and P.S. Kulkarni

Natural Convection Flows

Effect of Anisotropy of Porous Medium on Free Convection Inside a Vertical Annulus
M.R. Thansekhar, Ainavolu Chandra Sekhar and A. Balasubramanian

Natural Convection Effects on Two Dimensional Axi-Symmetrical Shape Bodies (Flow Past a Vertical/Cone/Thin Cylinder) and Plane Shape Bodies (Flow Over a Vertical/Inclined/Horizontal Plates)
Bapuji Pullepu and K. Ekambavanan

Analysis of Heat Transfer Augmentation due to Natural Convection in a Differentially Heated Square Cavity using Nanofluid
Apurba Kumar Santra, Swarnendu Sen and Niladri Chakraborty

Effect of Boundary Conditions on Thermogravitational Convection in a Square Enclosure with Constant Flux Heating at the Bottom Wall Through Bi-Heater Configuration
Sumanta Banerjee, Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Swarnendu Sen and Ranjan Ganguly

Energy

Enhancement of Energy Absorption of Shell Structures by Appropriate Fluid Filling in Air Bags-A Numerical Analysis
N. Mohamed Sheriff and S. Sundaravadivel

Comparitive Study of Drag on Various Shapes of Mudguards and Its Effects on Energy Consumption
G.S. Tasgaonkar, K.C. Khare and S.B. Sanap

Design & Development of Portable Hybrid Energy System
S.P. Singh and S. Ashok

Influence of Fluid on the Behaviour of Shell Structure Impact on Soft-Soil and Fluid Medium at Moderate Velocities
N. Mohamed Sheriff and A. Manikandan

Transport Processes in Melt Spinning of Mettalic Glass Ribbon
Himadri Chattopadhyay and Sudip K. Samanta

Indirect Determination of Air/Flue-Gas Leakage in a Glass Furnace
Vishal Sardeshpande, U.N. Gaitonde,Rangan Banerjee

Flow Optimization of a Bell Annealing Furnace
Manasi Honrao and S. Pavithran

Experimental Investigation of Temperature Distribution Inside the Heating Oven
P. Navaneethakrishnan, S. Dhandapani and P.S.S. Srinivasan

Systems Dynamics

Non-Linear Model Referenced Output-Feedback Tracking Control by Pole Placement for Hydraulic Servo-System with Symmetric Actuator
Suman Ghosh, Saikat Mookherjee and Dipankar Sanyal

Wall Pressures on a Square Tank due to Liquid Sloshing
Prabodh K. Panigrahy, Ujjwal K. Saha, Damodar Maity and Sunil Sharma

Numerical Simulation and Control of Jet Impingement Cooling of a Steel Plate by Pole Placement Techniques
Purna Chandra Mishra, Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Swarnendu Sen, Binod Kumar Saha and Suman Ghosh

Coupled-Field Analysis of INDUS-2 RF Cavity for Different Coolant Temperatures to Study Frequency Shift
Vikas Jain, M. Prasad, P.R. Hannurkar and S. Kotaiah

Convection

Transient Analysis of a Rectangular Natural Circulation Loop with Nanofluid
N.M. Rao, M.B. Nale and P.R. Waghmare

Effect of Boundary Conditions on Thermomagnetic Convection in a Square Enclosure with Constant Flux Heating at the Bottom Wall with Single Heater Configuration
Sumanta Banerjee, Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Swarnendu Sen and Ranjan Ganguly

DNS and Spatial Stability Analysis for Mixed Convection Boundary Layer Over an Isothermal Vertical Flat Plate
K. Venkatasubbaiah and T.K. Sengupta

Numerical Analysis of Laminar Mixed Convection Heat Transfer in a Backward Facing Step Channel with Baffles Mounted on Upper Wall of the Channel
Dharmesh R. Rana and Jyotirmay Banerjee

Multiphase Flows

Ageing Effect on Fly Ash Slurry During Flow in Pipe Line
Abhai Kumar Verma, S.N. Singh and V. Seshadri

Hydraulic Transport of Coarse Solid Particles
Kaushal Kishore Shrivastava

Experimental Evaluation of Quantification of Aeration in Air Liquid Mixture
S. Ram Mohan, S. Manikandan, M. Suresh and S. Saseendran

Pressure Drop Studies in Two Phase Flow through Converging and Diverging Geometry Using Non Newtonian Fluids
Dipali N. Shah, J.L. Purohit and M. Srinivasarao

CFD

Numerical Study of Temporal Variation of Stagnation and Separation Points of an Impulsively Started Circular Cylinder
S.K. Ghosh, S. Halder, S.K. Mukherjea and B.N. Dutta

Numerical Solutions of Steady, Viscous Flow in a Triangular Cavity
Ashish A. Pande, Sandip S. Hirade, Vilas R. Kalamkar and Gopal R. Shevare

Effect of Expansion Ratio and Reynolds Number on Reattachment Length in Backward\\ Facing Step Flow
R. Kalil Rahman, K. Muralidharan, S. Kathirvel and P. Rajesh Kanna

CFD Modeling of Fluid Flow in an Annulus Wrapped with a Helical Wire
M. Rajendrakumar, K. Thean Mani Rajan and B.V.S.S.S. Prasad

Numerical Simulation of Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Diesel Spray Impinging on a Flat Wall
K. Rajan, N.V. Mahalakshmi, R. Suresh Kumar and S. Suyambazhahan

An Explicit-Implicit Scheme for the Convection-Diffusion Equation
S. Pavithran

Application of Artificial Neural Network and CFD for Passive Dilution of Hydrogen in Vented Geometry
Pavan K. Sharma, R.K. Singh, A.K. Ghosh and H.S. Kushwaha

Numerical Study of Natural Convection in the Spallation Target Module of an Accelerator Driven Sub-critical System
K. Arul Prakash, B.V. Rathish Kumar and G. Biswas

Simulation Studies Related to Window Heating of Spallation Target for ADS
Ranjit R. Tawar, Shaikh Sameer, S. Pal, P. Nambiar and P. Satyamurthy

An Agglomeration Multigrid Algorithm for Euler Equations on Deforming Hybrid Grids
K. Mazaheri, R. Khaksarfard and S. Taghavi Nezhad

Investigation of Phase Change in Complex Domain Using Finite Volume Method Over Unstructured Meshes with Cell-Centered Approach
Sunil Patil and A.W. Date

A Comparison of VOF and CLSVOF Method for Predicting Surface Tension Dominated\\ Two-Phase Flows
G. Tomar, G. Biswas and A. Sharma

An Adaptive Solver for Two Dimensional Steady State Diffusion Problem with Unstructured Mesh
Deoras M. Prabhudharwadkar, Amit Agrawal and Kannan N. Iyer

A Multigrid Accelerated 3D Incompressible Transient Navier-Stokes Solver
Tapan K. Mishra, Anoop K. Dass, Manmohan Pandey and N. Suresh Kumar

Numerical Simulation of a Laminar Falling Film in Hydrodynamic Entrance Region Using PLIC-VOF Method
R.S. Maurya, Sarit K. Das and T. Sundararajan

Extension of Young's VOF Algorithm for Interface Reconstruction in Axisymmetric Configuration
Sujit Nath, Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Swarnendu Sen and Amitava Datta

Conservative and Consistent Implementation and Systematic Comparison of Fou, CDS, SOU and Quick Convection Schemes on a Triangular Lid Driven Cavity Flow Problem
Sachin B. Paramane and Atul Sharma

A Novel Second-Order Accurate Interface Reconstruction Approach for VOF-CFD
Rajarshi Sengupta, Saikat Mookherjee and Dipankar Sanyal

Analysis of the Primary Containment of Liquid Metal Cooled Fast Breeder Reactor in a Core Disruptive Accident
S. Surya Kumar and J.B. Doshi

Incompressible Flows

An Analytical Method to Find Velocity Profile for Laminar Forced Convection Flow Over an Isothermal Plate
Moloy Kumar Banerjee and Runu Banerjee

Hydrodynamic Behavior of Turbulent Flow with Conjugate Heat Transfer through a Parallel Plate Channel
Dibakar Rakshit

A Semi-Analytical Spectral Method for Blasius Equation
S. Pavithran

Analytical Determination of Flow Reversal in Laminar Fully Developed Mass Flow Driven Sinusoidally Pulsating Pipe and Channel Flows
Subhashis Ray, Franz Durst, Búlent Únsal and Mina Nishi

Flow Analysis of Incompressible Viscous Flows in Dilated Channels
Swapan K. Pandit

Flow Modeling of Pleated Air Filter
A.S. Majgaonkar, V.V. Ranade, S. Pavithran and J.P. Shete

Numerical Modelling of the Buoyant Mixing Induced Passive Dilution of (HE/H2) with Air in the Partitioned Volumes
Pavan K. Sharma, R.K. Singh, A.K. Ghosh and H.S. Kushwaha

Flow Field Characteristics Near First Transition for Flow Past a Circular Tube Confined in a Narrow Channel
Shaligram Tiwari, Pratish P. Patil, S. Jayavel and G. Biswas

Rotating Flows

Numerical Simulation of the Rotating Cage Problem
Prabhu Ramachandran

Numerical Study of Flow Distribution Inside Cooled Non-Rotating Gas Turbine Blade Without Pin Fins, Ribs and Film Cooling Holes
Sachin L. Borse

Effect of Particle Size Distribution on Multi-Size Particulate Flow through Rotating Channel
Pankaj K. Gupta and Krishnan V. Pagalthivarthi

Turbulent Jets

Experimental and Computational Study of Local Pressure Distribution on a Concave Surface Impinged by Multiple Circular Jets
B.V.N. Rama Kumar and B.V.S.S.S. Prasad

Effect of Cavity Dimensions on Synthetic Jet Formation and Evolution
Gunjan Verma and Amit Agrawal

Numerical Simulation of Flow and Thermal Characteristics of Isothermal & Non-Isothermal Horizontal Free Jet
R. Aravind Krishnan, D. Madhesh and Suyambazhahan

Computation of Turbulent Multiple Round Jets Using K-ε Model
K.R. Prakash, D.M. Nagendra Karthik and N.R. Panchapakesan

A Numerical Simulation for Buoyant Flow Behaviour in Horizontal Ceiling Opening by Salt/Fresh Water
Pavan K. Sharma, B. Gera, R.K. Singh, A.K. Ghosh and H.S. Kushwaha

Bluff Bodies

Characteristics of Two-Dimensional Wake Past a Normal Flat Plate
Arun K. Saha

Sensitivity of a Square Cylinder Wake to Forced Oscillations
Sushanta Dutta, K. Muralidhar and P.K. Panigrahi

Numerical Simulation of Flow Over a Square Cylinder with Linear Shear
A. Lankadasu and S. Vengadesan

Suppression of Separation Behind a Bluff Body
R. Sivakumar, T.V.S. Sekhar and T.V.R. Ravi Kumar

Effect of Wall Proximity in Fluid Flow Characteristics from Square Prism (Blockage Ratio = 0.1 and 0.2) Placed Inside a Wind Tunnel
Dipes Chakrabarty and Ranajit Kr. Brahma

Heat Transfer Enhancement

Heat Transfer Enhancement in Plate-FinHeat Exchangers Using Rectangular Winglets
R. Vasudevan

Performance Evaluation of Plate Fin Cross Flow Heat Exchanger with Rectangular, Offset Strip, Triangular and Perforated Fin Surfaces
M.K. Rathod, K. Shah Niyati and P. Prabhakaran

A CFD Study on the Effect of RIB Turbulators on Flow through Cambered and Non-Cambered Pin-Fin Channels
N. Kulasekharan and B.V.S.S.S. Prasad

Performance Evaluation of Flat Finned Tube Fin Heat Exchanger with Different Fin Surfaces
M.K. Rathod, K. Shah Niyati and P. Prabhakaran

Thermal Analysis for Optimization of Shape and Arrangement of Fins in Heat Sink
Mukesh Patil and Rupesh Shah

Prediction of Flow Distribution in Non-Rotating Cooled Gas Turbine Blade with Ribs and Pin-Fins and without Film Cooling Holes
Sachin L. Borse

Flow Meters

Case Studies on Influence of Operating Pressure and Medium on Calibration of Large Size Turbine Flow Meters Used for Natural Gas Flow Measurement
T.V. Muhammed Asharaf, K.G. Sivaprakash, R. Mascomani and S. Saseendran

Turbine Flowmeters - Effect of Bearing Material on Measurement
Adarsh Unni, S. Saseendran and P.K. Suresh

Pumps and Compressors

Mathematical Modeling of Centrifugal Pump Geometry
V.K. Gahlot, Anant Kumar Kale and Swapnil Tiwari

Effect of Better Scavenged Single Acting Single Cylinder Reciprocating Compressor Design on Volumetric Efficiency as well as Overall Efficiency
Jignesh H. Dani, D.P. Vakharia and Nileshkumar M. Vora

Porous Media

Magnetohydrodynamic Flow of a Visco-Elastic Fluid Over a Stretching Sheet with Power Law Temperature and Power Law Concentration Embedded in a Porous Medium
P.H. Veena, V.K. Pravin and K. Ashokumar

Measurement of Effective Thermal Conductivity of Porous Material Used in Solar Air Collectors
B.M. Ramani, Akhilesh Gupta and Ravi Kumar

Heat Transfer in an Electrically Conducting Fluid with Variable Thermal Conductivity Over a Stretching Sheet in a Saturated Porous Medium
P.H. Veena, Nagbhooshan K. Joshi, V.K. Pravin and V.B. Hippargi

Numerical Simulation of Natural Convection Heat Transfer in a Square Enclosure with a Porous Media
Rakesh Aryasomayajula, Krishna Teja Nori and Raja Reddy P.

Centrifuge Modelling of Pollutant Transport in Porous Media
P. Raja Sekhar, T.I. Eldho and B.V.S. Viswanadham

Environmental Flows

Numerical Simulation of Flow in a River - Application to Flow in Mahanadi
G. Senthil, Girija Jayaraman and A.D. Rao

Numerical Assessment of Refined Fault Segment Modelling on Tsunami Propagation Due to 2004 Sumatra Earthquake
Pavan K. Sharma, R.K. Singh, A.K. Ghosh and H.S. Kushwaha

Real Coded Genetic Algorithm for Optimal Groundwater Contaminant Remediation Using Pump and Treat Method
S.M.V. Sharief, T.I. Eldho and A.K. Rastogi

Numerical Simulation of Extreme Waves Interacting with Cylindrical Structures
Pavan K. Sharma, B. Gera, R.K. Singh, A.K. Ghosh and H.S. Kushwaha

Diffusers

Pressure Recovery Coefficient in Conical Diffusers with Injection Flux Using CFD
Parminder Singh, S.N. Singh, V. Seshadri, Ajai Kumar and N. TribhuvanFluid Control Devices

Effect of Strong Curvature on Flow Development in Rectangular Sigmoid Diffuser
S. Mukhopadhyay and B. Majumdar

Experimental Study of Effect of Vane Width of Low Solidity Vaned Diffuser on Centrifugal Compressor Stage Performance
T.Ch. Siva Reddy, G.V. Ramana Murty and M.V.S.S.S.M. Prasad

Effect of Level of Over Expansion in a Suddenly Flow
Shafiqur Rehman, Farrukh Sayeed and S.A. Khan

Fluid Control Devices

Analysis of Fluidic Vortex Diode Using CFD Techniques
Keshav D. Bhondave and P. Nambiar

Design and Development of Water Hydraulic Servo Valve Using Micro Valves
N.L. Soni, Saurabh Pandharikar and R.G. Agrawal

Computation and Investigation of Jet Angle of Spool Valve with CFD Analysis
Nirmal K. Manna, Dipankar Sanyal and Swarnendu Sen

Miscellaneous

Performance of Hollow Clay Tile (HCT) Laid Over Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC) Roof - An Experimental Analysis
K.C.K. Vijaykumar, S. Dhandapani and P.S.S. Srinivasan

Effect of Magnetic Reynolds Number on the Electrically Conducting Flow
T.V.S. Sekhar, R. Sivakumar, T.V.R. Ravi Kumar and K. Subbaraidu

Pressure Die Casting - A Computational Fluid Dynamics Approach
Karthik Muthuraj and Amit Tyagi

Pressure Transient Characteristics in a Typical Transmission Line of a Water Hydraulic System
Sujit Biswas, Debojyoti Mitra and Rana Saha

Experimental Investigation Of Energy Losses in Circular Pipe Bends Under Laminar Flow Conditions
M.S. Govinde Gowda and Usha S. Powle

Liquid Sheet Break-Up in the Presence of Acoustic Field
Aditya S. Mulmule, Mahesh S. Tirumkudulu, N. Ananthkrishnan and K. Ramamurthy

Visualization of Energy Transport During Phase Change Using Generalised Heatline Formulation
Arijit Banerjee, Subhashis Ray and Achintya Mukhopadhyay

Nonlinear Transient Heat Transfer Analysis Using Finite Element Method to Find the Curing Time in Tyres
R. Palanichamy and R. Prashanth

Heat and Mass Transfer Flow in a Fluid with Variable Thermal Conductivity and Variable Mass Diffusivity Over a Linearly Stretching Sheet
V.K. Pravin, P.H. Veena and K. Rajagopal

Coating Flow of Viscous Newtonian Liquids on a Rotating Vertical Disc
Nilesh H. Parmar and Mahesh S. Tirumkudulu

Two Phase

Design & Development of Experimental Measurement and Analysis Methods for the Natural Circulation Flow Distribution Studies in Transparent Parallel Channels
J. Aparna, H.P. Vyas, B.S.V.G. Sharma, B.B. Rupani and V. Venkat Raj

Development of an Experimental Set Up and Studies on Natural Circulation Flow Distribution in a Parallel Channel System
H.P. Vyas and V. Venkat Raj

Effect of Density Variation on Film Dynamics Around a Molten Drop in a Subcooled Liquid
Koushik Ghosh, Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Swarnendu Sen and Dipankar Sanyal

Stability Analysis of a Rectangular Natural Circulation Loop with Nanofluid
N.M. Rao, M.B. Nale and P.R. Waghmare

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