/ WSEAS TRANSACTIONS
on FLUID MECHANICS

Issue 6, Volume 1, June 2006

ISSN 1790-5087 http://www.wseas.org
Modified Theory of Laminar Flow Around Rigid and Liquid Cylinders / 533
Friedrich K. Benra, Siavash H. Sohrab
Flow in a Slightly Differentially Rotating Spherical Shell / 542
Vassilios C. Loukopoulos
Fundamental Study on Energy Transfer Mechanism Caused in Turbomachinery / 550
Takaharu Tanaka
New Closure Relations for the Balance Equation of the SGS Viscous Dissipation In LES / 558
Francesco Gallerano, Giovanni Cannata, Lavinia Melilla
Calculation of Hydrodynamic Drag Force Exerted on a Supercavitating Slender Body Using Boundary Element Method / 566
N. M. Nouri, A. Eslamdoost, A. Shienejad, M. Moghimi
Multiscale Synthetic Computational Modeling of Turbulent Fluid Interfaces / 572
Yekaterina Pavlova, Haris Catrakis
Numerical Modeling of Two-Phase Bubble Flows and Natural Heat Convection Using Implicit Stabilization Method / 578
Vladimir Artemyev
Aerodynamic Study and Control of Instabilities of the Initial Zone of the Annular Jet. Proper Orthogonal Decomposition and Flow Analysis. / 586
B. Patte-Rouland, A. Danlos, E. Rouland, P. Paranthoen
Using New Aspect of Random Vortex Method, Base on Multiple Scale Method for Laminar and Turbulence Flow on Plane Plate / 594
N. M. Nouri, A. Sarreshtehdari, S. Sekhavat, E. Maghsoudi
Influence of Geometrical Design Parameters on the Flow Performance of a Spiral Channel Viscous Micropump / 601
Ala'aldeen Al-Halhouli, Mohammad Kilani, Ahmad Al-Salaymeh, Stephanus Büttgenbach
Optimization of Energy Distribution: a Software Approach / 607
Marjan Krasna, Andrej Jakl, Darko Goricanec, Ivan Rozman
Choice of Underground Thermal Energy Storage System and Тhermal Response Test Method to be used in Serbia / 615
Aleksandar Saljnikov, Darko Goricanec, Dorde Kozic, Jurij Krope, Ruzica Stipic
Hardware-In-the-Loop Tests to Evaluate the Performance of Electronic Stability Program Units - Part I: the Hydraulic Components / 622
Aldo Sorniotti, Nikos E. Mastorakis
Hardware-In-the-Loop Tests to Evaluate the Performance of Electronic Stability Program Units - Part II: the Effect on Vehicle Dynamics / 631
Aldo Sorniotti, Nikos E. Mastorakis
Numerical Consideration of Shear Waves Nonlinear Propagation Generated by Wall Oscillation in a Semi-Infinite Fluid Domain / 640
N. M. Nouri, H. R. Ahmadifakhr
Reduced Order Modelling of the Hydraulic Wave Converter / 647
Bernhard Manhartsgruber
Experimental and Numerical Study of the Effect of Openings on the Surface Pressure Distribution of a Hollow Cube / 655
Melina Petridou, Demetri Bouris
State-Space representation of Pipelines / 663
Drago Matko, Gerhard Geiger, Maja Atanasijevic-Kunc
Hydraulic performance of a Single Blade Impeller with Tipgap Clearance: Numerical Simulation Methodology / 671
Brian de Souza, John Daly, Andrew Niven, Patrick Frawley
Numerical Simulation and Analysis of the Transient Flow and Head Distribution through a Single Blade Centrifugal Pump Impeller / 678
John Daly, Brian de Souza, Andrew Niven, Patrick Frawley
Solute Concentration Effect in Gas-Liquid Interface Displacement Modeling / 686
Damelys Zabala , Aura L. Lopez de Ramos
Mode Coalescence in Two-Fluid Boundary Layer Stability / 692
Serkan Ozgen
Hybrid Optimization Method for Centrifugal Pump Impellers / 698
Nikolas Antonakis, Ronald Dijkers, Remko Westra
Experimental Determination of the Hydrodynamic Imbalance of a Single-Blade Centrifugal Pump / 707
Nicolas Savilius, Friedrich-Karl Benra
Measurement of the periodic unsteady flow in a Single-Blade Centrifugal Pump by PIV-Method / 714
Marcel Zwingenberg, Friedrich-Karl Benra
Numerical Investigation of Tip Clearance Effect on the Stage of a Tandem-Bladed Centrifugal Compressor for Turbocharger Application / 720
Syed Noman Danish, Ma Chaochen, Yang Ce
Analyzing of chemical real gas effects on the shock/ Boundary Layer Interaction in Hypersonic Flows / 726
N. Jahantigh , M.Mirzaei , A. Shadaram
Numerical Study of 2D Free-Surface Waveless Flow Over a Bump / 732
Bouzelha-Hamoum Karima, Bouhadef Malek, Zitoun Tahar
The Dynamic Procedure for Closure Relations in the Equation of the Filtered Concentration of Suspended Solid Particles / 738
Francesco Gallerano, Lavinia Melilla, Giovanni Cannata,
Flow Visualization of the Vortex Shedding of a Stationary Circular Cylinder by an Improved Smoke-Wire Technique / 745
Sharul Sham Dol, Mohd Arief Mohd Nor
Theoretical and Numerical Study of Vortex-Wake Flow / 753
Khaled Alhussan
Slipstream Velocities Induced by Trains / 759
Marco Weise, Alexander Orellano, Martin Schober