Mahvash Afzal

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What is the exact process of energy transfer in a Ranque Hilsch vortex tube?

Why does the inner stream in the vortex tube lose heat and the outer stream gain heat in R-H vortex tube. I am looking for an explanation that describes the physics of the process.

16 February 2024 2,174 1 View

What are the differences when considering design of vertical shell and tube heat exchanger and horizontal shell and tube heat exchanger?

Most of the literature on shell and tube heat exchangers presenting the heat transfer coefficient correlations does not specify if there are any differences when dealing with vertical and...

04 April 2021 7,348 9 View

What would be a good starting point for learning techno-economic analysis?

I want to perform a technoeconomic feasibility analysis on PV based systems. Most of the publications refer to HOMER. However, I would like to have some background before I jump into the software....

12 December 2020 954 2 View

How can I write equality constraints in COMSOL 5.2?

I have a heat transfer optimization problem. My heat transfer area is governed by a quadratic equation in two variables as follows which is to be supplied as a...

18 October 2018 8,738 4 View

What will be the most appropriate L/D ratio for a cylindrical packed bed reactor ?

I have a cylindrical packed bed reactor with a porosity of 0.5. It is G-S reaction taking place at 25 bar. The reactor volume is 0.09168 m^3. What L/D ratio should I be working with?

01 June 2017 6,316 10 View

Is the knowledge of impact mechanics applied to the diagnosis of brain trauma?

I am a Mechanical Engineer studying Biomechanics of traumatic brain injuries. I wanted to know if there is any classification which may aid the diagnosis of brain injuries based on the type of...

18 October 2014 2,659 3 View

Is understanding of physics of traumatic brain injury used in diagnosis of and treatment?

For eg. if there is an impact to the head due to a motor vehicle injury, is the variation of pressure gradient taken into account for diagnosis?

01 September 2014 6,747 4 View

Can thoracic pressure surge be a mechanism for brain trauma in non-ballistic brain injuries?

I am a mechanical engineer studying brain injury mechanisms. There is enough evidence in literature that thoracic pressure surge due to impact of blast wave in the abdomen or lungs results in...

11 July 2014 150 4 View

Book on Fluid Mechanics for light reading

Our department is offering an elective on Fluid Mechanics in daily life. The course is supposed to be more of a physical treatment of the fluid phenomena rather than mathematical. I would like...

01 January 1970 4,913 10 View

Suggestions for resources on fluidics

I am looking for some resources for fluidics. Any leads- books, papers, articles would be appreciated.

01 January 1970 9,532 1 View