The need for clean and renewable energy sources has nowadays contributed to give relevance to the study of sea wave energy. In this context, the present work brings a computational modeling to analyze the fluid-dynamic ...

The Earth-Air Heat Exchanger (EAHE) is a device used to improve the thermal condition of built environments, allowing the reduction of electrical energy consumption of traditional air conditioner systems. Fundamentally, ...

Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) is largely used for the manufacturing of high-quality composite components and the key stage during processing is the resin infiltration. The complete understanding of this phenomenon is of ...

The present study presents large eddy simulation (LES) of forced convective heat transfer in transient, two-dimensional, incompressible turbulent flows over a pair of cylinders with two different arrangements: 1) with two ...

This paper describes the numerical simulation of the RTM (Resin Transfer Molding) process applied to the modeling of the resin transport through a fibrous reinforcement. The molding volume which is to be impregnated with ...

This study presents the LES (large eddy simulation) of forced convection in laminar and two dimensional turbulent flows when the flow reaches the steady state. The main purpose is the evaluation of a developed numerical ...

The present work studies numerically and experimentally the water cooling process by means of natural convection inside a closed reservoir. The cooling process is performed by Peltier or Thermoelectric effect. The purpose ...

The growing search for clean and renewable energy sources has given rise to the studies of exploring sea wave energy. This paper is concerned with the numerical evaluation of the main operational principle of a submerged ...

Na presente pesquisa, inicialmente foi realizada uma revisão bibliográfica dos temas que circundam a Teoria Constructal e Constructal Design, e também suas aplicações na natureza e na engenharia. Posteriormente, foi feito ...

O presente trabalho numérico estuda o arranjo triangular de cilindros submetidos a escoamentos transientes, bi-dimensionais, incompressíveis, laminares e com convecção forçada por meios do método Constructal Design. As ...

The present work studies the optimization of a circular body with an intense heat flux by Constructal Design. The problem concerns the minimization of the global thermal resistance of a three-dimensional structure submitted ...

This work is based on the principles of administration, with technical and economic data from a frigorific fishing industry, at analyzing the convenience of integrating to the existing refrigeration system (by vapor ...

Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) is a manufacturing process in which a liquid resin is injected into a closed mold pre-loaded with a porous fibrous preform, producing complex composite parts with good surface finishing. Resin ...

Nowadays, there is a focus on finding sustainable energy sources, as well as, alternatives to rationalize the use of electrical energy. In this sense, the employment of Earth-Air Heat Exchangers (EAHE) is one technique ...

Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) is a polymer composite processing technique widely used in the aeronautics and automotive sectors. This paper describes the numerical simulation of the RTM process where Darcy’s law was used ...

The present paper presents a two-dimensional numerical study about the geometric optimization of an ocean Wave Energy Converter (WEC) into electrical energy that has as operational principal the Oscillating Water Column ...