Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (Vol. 2) : Select Proceedings of FMFP 2021

This book presents the select proceedings of the 48 th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP 2021) held at BITS Pilani in December 2021. It covers the topics such as fluid mechanics, measurement techniques in fluid flows, computational fluid dynamics, instability, transition and turbulence, fluid‐structure interaction, multiphase flows, micro- and nanoscale transport, bio-fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, turbomachinery, propulsion and power. The book will be useful for researchers and professionals interested in the broad field of mechanics. Contents About the Editors Effects of the Pivot Point Locations on the Propulsive Performance of a Two-Dimensional Flapping Elliptic Airfoil with a Pitching Angular Offset Blood Flow Analysis Through Bifurcated and Stenosed Coronary Artery Numerical Simulation of Blood Flow Study In An Idealized Bifurcated Coronary Artery The Influence of Serrated Trailing-Edge over NACA 0020 Airfoil at Different Turbulence Intensities Effects of Non-Uniform Suction and Injection on the Flat-Plate Boundary layer Characteristics Impact of Numerical Settings on Simulation Performance of the Gamma-Re-Theta Model for 2D and 3D Bluff Body Transitional Flow Cases using OpenFOAM A new code for discrete element modelling of the collapse of granular columns - model validation Sensitivity of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Statistics to LES Wall Shear Stress Models Behind a Surface Roughness Jump Numerical simulation of inertial migration of elliptical particle using immersed boundary method Fluid flow and Temperature Distribution in Microchannel Heat Sink with Z-Type Flow Arrangement: An Experimental Investigation Optimization of depressurization and injection pressures for safe and sustainable gas recovery from hydrate reservoirs Effect of Airfoil Section on Unsteady Aerodynamics of a Rectangular Wing at High Angles of Attack Development of a Two-way Coupled Hybrid RANS-LES Scheme for Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Fluid Flows Numerical Investigation on the Effect of Variation of Cross-Sectional Shape on Acoustophoresis Investigation of spatial growth of young wind wave field Numerical investigation of blood flow through stenosed coronary artery using reduced order model Performance enhancement of a solar still by using water-based hybrid nanofluid Effects of the Moving Lid Length and Direction of Thermal Gradient on the Heat Transfer Characteristics of a Square Top-Lid Driven Cavity: A Numerical Study using Lattice Boltzmann Model Natural refrigerant based cascade system for seafood application Mathematical Modeling of the Effects of anti-CD147 Drug on Tumor Angiogenesis Computational Aero thermodynamic Study on Orion and Undulated Reentry Capsules Multi-Fidelity CFD Approach for Hydrodynamic Performance Analysis of a Prototype Francis Turbine- A Comparative Study Numerical Analysis for Deriving Erosion Characteristics of Pipe Bend Materials AISI 316 and AISI 431 Effect of positional tweak of Winglet-type Vortex Generators in Finned tube banks Computational Studies on a Two-Stage Axial Flow Turbine Aiming Flow Losses and Performance Numerical Analysis of Supersonic Flow Past Tandem Deep Cavities Experimental and computational investigation on Film cooling effectiveness of Turbine Stator Blade Numerical Analysis of Open-Water Propeller Performance and Submarine Hull Drag RANS simulations of flow past a NACA4412 airfoil placed above an impermeable flat wall Natural Convection Heat Transfer from Short Fins: Numerical and Experimental Studies New exact solutions for pseudo planar third grade flows Simulation of time injection strategy for a finite miscible slice in porous media Dynamics of droplet impact at a low surface temperature Electrowetting Induced Dynamics of Microdroplet Oscillation A Unified Finite Volume Model for Simulation of Flow Through Conjugate Fluid Porous Media On dynamic and heat transfer characteristics of elastically mounted heated circular cylinder undergoing VIV PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT ITERATIVE SOLVERS PARALLELIZED ON GPU ARCHITECTURE Computational Analysis of Blood Flow in a Curved Bifurcated Coronary Artery Improved Three-level Order-Adaptive WENO Scheme Development and Dimension of Tiny Methane Microflame Jet under Hot Air and Hot Oxygen Co-flow Condition Overview of Dynamic Sealing Systems for a LOX-Kerosene Turbopump in Liquid Rocket Engines Performance modelling of aqueous alcoholic mixtures based heat pipes Stability of Fully Developed Mixed Convection Flow in a Vertical Channel Filled with water–Al2O3 Nanofluid An ANN based Cruise Control Method for a Body-Caudal Fin Propulsion System for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Comparative Study on the Suitability of Electric Pump Fed and Gas Generator Engine Cycles in Indian Micro Launchers Numerical investigation of drag reduction in AUV’s at high turbulence and high-speed flow by optimizing hull geometry Validation of Leakage Model for an Oil-free Twin-Screw Compressor A Comparative CFD Study to Analyze the Performance of NACA 0018 and S1210 Darrieus Wind Turbine Blade Experimental Investigation of Thermal Stratification in Cryogenic Tank Subjected to Multi-Species Bubbling A Numerical Study on the Effects of Wing Spacing on the Thrust Performance of the Two-Dimensional Tandem Flapping Wings for Different Rear Wing Sizes Multi Perspective Aerodynamic studies on the Intercity Bus with and without Drag Reductions Techniques by using Engineering Approaches Bio-inspired Air Filter Effect of Surface Modification and Substrate Material on Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics in Microchannel Heat Sink Transitional flow past low Re SD airfoils with varying camber Experimental and Computational Study of Liquid Nitrogen Transfer Line Chilldown Influence of various linearly heating profiles on buoyancy-driven flow in an enclosure filled with nanofluid Dynamics of Flame Stabilized by a Rotating Cylinder – Effect of Rotational Speed Numerical investigation of pressure drop characteristics in conical spiral tubes Computational modelling of a two-phase inverse bubble column Study of particle dispersion models in a cyclone separator with hybrid turbulence models Square cylinder in the wake of a diamond cylinder: steady flow simulations Influence of eaves for ventilation and wind loads on the Industrial roof structure Flow field characteristics of a blunt body with different nose cone fairingat supersonic speed Lubricant Depletion in Liquid Infused Dovetail Cavity for Viscous Laminar Flow Large Eddy Simulation of a confined planar jet opening in a rectangular channel EFFECT OF SUBMERGENCE DEPTH ON TANDEM HYDROFOILS AT A SMALL ANGLE OF ATTACK: A HYDRODYNAMIC ANALYSIS Effect of Curvature on Heat Transfer Characteristics for Jet Impingement Cooling of a Moving Surface Simulation Experiments on Sodium Leak through Pipe Cracks Effect of Newtonian and shear thinning medium on human sperm motion within a microchannel Isolation of white blood cells from human blood in a microfluidic device Low Peclet Gaseous Flows through Isothermally Heated Circular Pipe Effect of Froude number and co-flow on flickering in a partially premixed LPG/air flame Numerical Analysis of Short-term Blackout Scenario in a Nuclear Fuel Storage Vault AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON TWO-PHASE FLOW INSTABILITY IN ONCE-THROUGH STEAM GENERATOR USED IN SFR Effect of Surfactant Concentration and Gas Velocity on Holdup Characteristics in a Semi-batch 2-D column Attenuation of compression ramp induced flow separation using ramped vanes Effect of Elevator Design on the Risk Associated with COVID Transmission – A Comparative Study between a Sliding Door and a Collapsible Gate Elevator Effect of Geometric modification of Longitudinal Vortex Generators in Fin-and-tube Arrays Droplet detachment from a horizontal fiber of a fog harvesting mesh Numerical validation of bubble rising in a viscous liquid using advanced interface tracking methods Effect of Slip Wall on the Droplet Formation in a Microfluidic T-junction Pool Boiling Heat Transfer of Hydrophobic Surfaces with Different Dynamic Wetting Characteristics Numerical Study on Enhancement of Heat Transfer in a Double Pipe Heat Exchanger Using Multiple Tangential Injection Effect of Heat Loss on Spherically Expanding Laminar Premixed Hydrogen-Air Flame The effects of steam and water spray addition on NOx emissions from a combustor using simple reactor models Experimental Investigation of the indoor environment assessment on conventional and hybrid mixing ventilation system Colorimetric Detection of Milk Adulteration Using a Paper Test Card Numerical investigation into micro twin-fluid pneumatic atomizer