Volume 49, No.3 August 2006

Series B: Fluids and Thermal Engineering

 

Contents

Special Issue on Environmental Flows

555    Foreword

Shigeo KIMURA

556    Determination of the Atmospheric Boundary-Layer within the Urban Environment

Lionel ELLIOTT, Derek Binns INGHAM and Stephen David WRIGHT

567    Application of LES Technique to Diagnosis of Wind Farm by Using High Resolution Elevation Data

Takanori UCHIDA and Yuji OHYA

576    Numerical Study on Mountain Waves Generated by a Two-Dimensional Mountain and Their Effect on the Transport of Yellow Sand

Yoichi UTANOHARA, Shigeo KIMURA and Takahiro KIWATA

583    Modelling Pollen Distribution by Wind through a Forest Canopy

Robert MCKIBBIN

590    Linking Landscape Fires and Local Meteorology --- A Short Review

Rodney O. WEBER and John W. DOLD

594    Influence of Stationary Vehicles on Backlayering Characteristics of Fire Plume in a Large Cross Section Tunnel

Yuko KUNIKANE, Nobuyoshi KAWABATA, Takaaki YAMADA and Akifumi SHIMODA

601    A Stratified Flow Fine Structure near a Horizontally Moving Strip

Roman N. BARDAKOV and Yuli D. CHASHECHKIN

605    Natural Convection Induced by Diurnal Heating and Cooling in a Reservoir with Slowly Varying Topography

Chengwang LEI and John C. PATTERSON

616    Evolution and Structure of the Free Convective Layer Developing under a Water Surface

Takashi KARASUDANI, Hiromasa UEDA and Yuji OHYA

621    Estimation of Vertical Mixing Based on Water Current Monitoring in the Hypolimnion of Lake Biwa

Yasuaki AOTA, Michio KUMAGAI and Kenji KASHIWAYA

626    Enhanced Condensation Heat Transfer

John Winston ROSE

636    A Numerical Method for Two-Phase Flow Based on a Phase-Field Model

Naoki TAKADA and Akio TOMIYAMA

645    Study on the Mixing Performance of Micro Optical Rotor by CFD

Yoshifumi OGAMI, Ken NISHIKAWA and Hiroo UKITA

653    Mass Transfer Analysis in PEFC Diffusion Layer by Lattice Gas Automata Method

Takashi YOSHIMOTO, Yosuke MATSUKUMA, Gen INOUE and Masaki MINEMOTO

660    Large-Eddy Simulation of Compressible Transitional Cascade Flows with and without Incoming Free-Stream Turbulence

Kazuo MATSUURA and Chisachi KATO

670    Blade Rows Interaction of Contra-Rotating Axial Flow Pump in Pressure Field on Casing Wall

Akinori FURUKAWA, Tomoya TAKANO, Toru SHIGEMITSU, Kusuo OKUMA and Satoshi WATANABE

678    Influence of Karman Vortex Street on Broadband Frequency Noise Generated from a Multiblade Fan

Souichi SASAKI, Yoshio KODAMA and Makoto HATAKEYAMA

686    Investigation for Loss Generation Mechanisms of Flow in Turbomachinery by Using Curved Square Duct
        (3rd Report, Influence of Curved Angle)

Hoshio TSUJITA, Shimpei MIZUKI and Atsumasa YAMAMOTO

695    Flow Style Investigation and Noise Reduction of a Cross-Flow Fan with Varied Rotor-Skew-Angle Rotor

Go-Long TSAI, Tsung-Hsien TU, Tung-Chen LI and Kuang-Hsieng WANG

705    Gas-Particle Two-Phase Jet Flow from Slot Nozzle and Micro-Blasting Process

Masaki SUGIMOTO, Toshihiko SHAKOUCHI, Kohei HAYAKAWA and Moriyasu IZAWA

714    On the Development of Coherent Structure in a Plane Jet
        (Part 2, Investigation of Spatio-Temporal Velocity Structure by the KL Expansion)

Yasuhiko SAKAI, Nobuhiko TANAKA and Takehiro KUSHIDA

722    On the Development of Coherent Structure in a Plane Jet
        (Part 3, Multi-Point Simultaneous Measurement of Main Streamwise Velocity and the Reconstruction of Velocity Field by the KL Expansion)

Yasuhiko SAKAI, Nobuhiko TANAKA, Mutsumi YAMAMOTO and Takehiro KUSHIDA

731    Simulation of Droplet Generation in Micro Flow Using MPS Method

Takahiro HARADA, Yukihito SUZUKI, Seiichi KOSHIZUKA, Takahiro ARAKAWA and Shuichi SHOJI

737    Comparison of Near Wake-Flow Structure behind a Solid Cap with an Attached Bubble and a Solid Counterpart

Akira T. TOKUHIRO, Hidekazu NO, Michel CALL and Koichi HISHIDA

748    Improvement for Pressure Performance of Micro-EHD Pump with an Arrangement of Thin Cylindrical Electrodes

Ichiro KANO and Ichiro TAKAHASHI

755    Deformation Analysis of Bubble near Curved Elastic Wall for Developing Shock Wave DDS

Ichiro YAMANOI and Masaaki TAMAGAWA

761    Analysis and Experiment of Compression Wave Generated by Train Entering Tunnel Entrance Hood

Masanobu IIDA, Katsuhiro KIKUCHI and Takashi FUKUDA

771    Interaction between Shock Wave and Boundary Layer in Nonequilibrium Hypersonic Rarefied Flow
        (5th Report, Nonequilibrium of Rotational Temperature in Flow over Flat Plate)

Nobuyuki TSUBOI and Yoichiro MATSUMOTO

780    Transport Coefficients of Inelastic Collision Model in the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method
        (Modification of Parker's Energy Gain Function)

Hiroaki MATSUMOTO

787    The Enhancement of Aerodynamic Characteristics on Bluff Bodies near a Moving Ground

Tae-Yoon KIM, Bo-Sung LEE, Yo-Cheon KU, Dong-Ho LEE and Yasuaki KOHAMA

797    Lock-in Phenomenon of Pitching Hydrofoil with Cavitation Breakdown
        (Unsteady Fluid Force Characteristics and Visualization of Flow Structure)

Kazuhiko KATO, Hirotaka DAN and Yasuaki MATSUDAIRA

806    Unsteady Pressure Fluctuations in an Inducer

Mitsuru SHIMAGAKI, Tomoyuki HASHIMOTO, Mitsuo WATANABE, Satoshi HASEGAWA, Noriaki NAKAMURA and Takashi SHIMURA

812    Heat Transfer Characteristics of Mixed Electroosmotic and Pressure Driven Micro-Flows

Keisuke HORIUCHI and Prashanta DUTTA

820    Thermal Behaviors and Lubrication Properties in Rotary Blade Coupling of Sports Utility Vehicles

Kuohsiu David HUANG, Sheng-Chung TZENG, Wei-Ping MA and Tai-Sheng WU

831    Optimizing the Arrangement of Two-Stage Thermoelectric Coolers through a Genetic Algorithm

Yi-Hsiang CHENG and Chunkuan SHIH

839    Simplifications of Simulation on Energy Balances and Estimations of a Hybrid Renewable Energy System for Use in Cold Climate Regions

Itoro Etim AKPAN, Masafumi SASAKI and Noboru ENDOH

847    Identification of Triple Flame Based on Numerical Data for Laminar Lifted Flames

Susumu NODA and Shuhei YAMAMOTO

856    Effects of Dominant Parameters on Burning Velocity and Range of Flammability in SHS Process for Ti-Al System

Atsushi MAKINO and Naohiro SHIBATA

864    An Experimental Study on the Combustion Characteristics Using the Stratified Charge Compression Ignition in a Direction Injection Gasoline Engine

Kihyung LEE and Changhee LEE

869    Air-Cooling Effects of Fins on a Motorcycle Engine

Masao YOSHIDA, Soichi ISHIHARA, Yoshio MURAKAMI, Kohei NAKASHIMA and Masago YAMAMOTO

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