Aero/Hydrodynamics and Symmetry 2020
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Mathematics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2021) | Viewed by 13803
Special Issue Editor
Interests: turbulence; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); multiphase flows; meshless methods; high performance computing (HPC)
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The existence of symmetry and its breaking in aero-/hydro-dynamics applications is one of the most important aspects of many engineering fields (e.g., mechanical, aerospace, chemical, and process engineering). For instance, the existence of symmetry breaking at a critical Reynolds number can confirm the existence of a bifurcation in expansion pipe flows. Such a symmetry breaking mechanism may cause the appearance of turbulence, which in return increases the mixing and required pumping power for several process engineering design applications. In aerospace applications, the receptivity of a symmetric laminar flow to internal/external perturbations may cause the flow to transition, a dramatic change in the local drag coefficient, and heat removal from the surface. The latter needs to be considered in the design step for choosing the proper materials that can also bear the unbalanced thermodynamic loads.
The applications of symmetry and its breaking are usually inter-disciplinary, and prior knowledge of them is crucial for many real-life applications. Therefore, the current Special Issue, Aero-/Hydro-dynamics and Symmetry, invites original and review works in the field for participation. The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the state-of-the-art computational, theoretical, and experimental works dealing with symmetry and its breaking, in line with aero-/hydro-dynamics applications. Recent advances in numerical, theoretical, and experimental methodologies, as well as finding new physics, new methodological developments, and their limitations, lie within the scope of the current Special Issue. Potential topics dealing with topics including but not limited to the following are deemed suitable for publication:
- Mathematical models such as the symmetry method, homotopy perturbation method (HPM), homotopy analysis method (HAM), lie group, integral transform, and so on;
- Equilibrium and out-of-equilibrium thermodynamics and fluid mechanics;
- Hydrodynamics for symmetric exclusion;
- Hydrodynamics with multiple higher-form symmetries;
- Ideal order and dissipative fluids with q-form symmetry;
- Partial and fractional order differential equations;
- Finite difference (FDM), finite volume (FVM), finite element (FEM), smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH), moving particle semi-implicit (MPS), lattice Boltzmann (LBM) methods, and so on;
- Multiphysics phenomena such as non-Newtonian flows, multiphase flows, phase changes, nanofluidics, magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), electrohydrodynamics (EHD), and so on;
- Symmetry and its breakdown in transitional and turbulent flows.
Prof. Dr. Mostafa Safdari Shadloo
Guest Editor
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