Publications


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Journal Papers

ASCOMP has published peer-reviewed articles using TransAT in leading scientific journals in the following categories:
Computational Multi-fluid Flow Dynamics (CMFD)
Environment & Wind Engineering
Mechanical & Process Engineering
Microfluidics Applications
Multiphase Flow Physics
Oil & Gas
Thermal Hydraulics
Waves & Free Surface Flows
Miscellaneous Topics

Technical Reports

About CMFD: Computational Multifluid Flow Dynamics

May
14

Simiano, M., & Lakehal, D. (2012). Turbulent exchange mechanisms in bubble plumes. International Journal of Multiphase Flow., Volume 47, December 2012, Pages 141–149. Download Here

 

December
08

A. Carlson, P. Kudinov and D. Lakehal: A Multiscale Approach for Thin Film Slug Flow, In Proc. 7th Conf. Exp. Heat Transfer, Fluid Mech. Thermo. (ExHFT-7), Krakow, Poland, June 28 – July 03, 2009

 

December
08

Liovic P., Lakehal D.: Interface-turbulence interactions and bubble dynamics, 7th Int. Conference on CFD in the Minerals and Process Industries CSIRO, Melbourne, 2009.

 

December
08

Liovic P., Lakehal D.: A Newton-Krylov solver for Lagrangian mesh generation in remaping-based VOF, SIAM J. Sci. Stat. Comput., 31(2), pp. 865{889, 2008.

 

October
20

Lakehal D., Meier M., Fulgosi M.: Interface tracking for the prediction of interfacial dynamics and heat/mass transfer in multiphase flows, Int. J. Heat & Fluid Flow, 23, pp. 242-257, 2002.

 

October
20

Lakehal D.: Models and Strategies of Two-Phase Flow. VKI Lecture Series 2005-04, Industrial Two-Phase Flow CFD, J-M. Buchlin (Ed.), Von Karman Institute for Fluid Mechanics, Rhodes-StGenese, Belgium, 18 pages, 2005.

 

October
20

Liovic P., Rudman M., Liow J.L., Lakehal D., Kothe D.: A three-dimensional unsplit-advection volume tracking with planarity preserving interface reconstruction, Computers & Fluids, 35(9), pp.1011-1032, 2006.

 

October
20

Liovic P., Lakehal D.: Multi-physics treatment in the vicinity of arbitrarily deformable gas-liquid interfaces, J. Comp. Physics, 222, pp. 504535, 2007.

 

October
20

Garg R., Narayanan C., Lakehal D., Subramaniam S.: Accurate numerical estimation of interphase momentum transfer in Lagrangian-Eulerian simulations of dispersed two-phase flows, J. Multiphase Flow, 33(12), pp. 1337–1364, 2007.

 

October
20

Garg R., Narayanan C., Lakehal D., Subramaniam S.: A numerically convergent Lagrangian-Eulerian simulation method for dispersed two-phase flows. I. J. Multiphase Flow, (in review).

 
About Environment & Wind Engineering

May
14

Adil Rasheed, Darren Robinson, Alain Clappier, Chidambaram Narayanan and Djamel Lakehal, “Representing complex urban geometries in mesoscale modeling”, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY (2010). Download Here

 

December
08

Labois M., Narayanan C., Lakehal D.: Use of the V-LES approach for wind engineering simulation as an alternative to URANS and LES, 5th Int. Symp. Computational Wind Engineering, North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2010.

 

December
08

Rasheed A., Robinson D., Labois M., Lakehal D.: On the e ects of complex urban geometries in mesocale modelling, 5th Int. Symp. Computational Wind Engineering, North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2010.

 

December
08

Narayanan C., Lakehal D.: Predicting turbulent flows past bluff bodies using the immersed surface technology combined with block mesh refinement (IST/BMR) in TransAT Code, Proc. 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting, Montreal, 2010.

 

December
08

Labois M., Narayanan C., Lakehal D.: A new CFD approach for urban flow and pollution dispersion simulation, 5th Int. Symp. Computational Wind Engineering, North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2010.

 

December
08

Rasheed A., Robinson D., Clappier A. and D. Lakehal, Representing complex urban geometries in mesoscale modeling, Int. J. Climatology (RMetS), DOI: 10.1002/joc.2240, 2010.

 
About Mechanical & Process Engineering

December
08

Icardi M., Marchisio D., Fox R., Lakehal D.: Validation of LES predictions for turbulent flows in a con ned impinging jet reactor, 7th Int. Conference on CFD in the Minerals and Process Industries CSIRO, Melbourne, 2009.

 

December
08

M. Icardi, E. Gavi, D.L. Marchisio, M.G. Olsen, A.A. Barresi, R.O. Fox and D. Lakehal, Investigation of the flow eld in a three-dimensional Con ned Impinging Jets Reactor by means of micro PIV and DNS, Chem.Eng.J. (2010), doi:10.1016/j.cej.2010.09.046

 

December
08

M. Icardi, E. Gavi, D.L. Marchisio, M.G. Olsen, R.O. Fox and D. Lakehal, Validation of LES predictions for turbulent  flow in a Con ned Impinging Jets Reactor, Appl. Math. Modell.,(2010), doi:10.1016/j.apm.2010.09.035,

 
About Microfluidics applications

December
08

Thomas S., Narayanan C., Lakehal D.: Statistical Modelling of bubble nucleation and heat transfer using interface tracking in TransAT CMFD Code, Proc. 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, Montreal, 2010.

 

December
08

Narayanan C., Lakehal D.: Prediction of droplet tear-off and meniscus formation in the top-spot experiment using TransAT, Proc. 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, Montreal, 2010.

 

December
08

Caviezel D., Narayanan C., Lakehal D.: Adherence and bouncing of liquid droplets impacting on dry surfaces, Microfluidics & Nanofluidics Journal, 5, pp. 469{478, 2008.

 

December
08

Narayanan C., Lakehal D.: Convective heat transfer and two-phase flow in miniature pipes under gravity and microgravity conditions, ASME J. Heat Transfer, 130, 074502-3, 2008.

 

December
08

Narayanan C., Lakehal D.: Two-phase flow and heat-transfer in micro-tubes under normal and micro-gravity conditions, Multiphase Science & Technology, 21(4), pp. 279-295, 2009.

 

October
20

C. Narayanan, D. Lakehal: Simulation of filling of microfluidic devices using a coarse-grained continuum contact angle model, NSTI Nanotechnology Conference, Nanotech 2006, Symp. Nano & Micro fluidics, Paper 770, Boston, May 8-12, 2006.

 

October
20

D. Lakehal and C. Narayanan: Computational Heat Transfer and Two-phase Flow in Miniature Tubes, NSTI Nanotechnology Conference, Nanotech 2006, Symp. Nano & Micro fluidics, Paper 586, Boston, May 8-12, 2006.

 

October
20

Lakehal D., Larrignon G., Narayanan C.: Computational heat transfer and two-phase flow topology in small pipes, Microfluidics & Nanofluidics Journal, 4, pp. 261-271, 2008.

 

October
20

D. Lakehal, C. Narayanan and L. Tadrist: Heat transfer enhancement in miniature pipe flows, SFT Confrence (French Society of Thermal Science), Les Embiez, France, 29 May – 1st June, 2007.

 

October
20

D. Caviezel, C. Narayanan and D. Lakehal: Adherence and bouncing regime map of droplet impact on non-wetting surfaces, 6th International Conference on Multiphase Flow, ICMF 2007, Leipzig, Germany, July 9 13, 2007. Submitted to Microfluidics & Nanofluidics Journal.

 
About Multiphase Flow Physics

May
14

Simiano, M., & Lakehal, D. (2012). Turbulent exchange mechanisms in bubble plumes. International Journal of Multiphase Flow., Volume 47, December 2012, Pages 141–149. Download Here

 

December
08

Lakehal D.: Advances in Computational Heat Transfer & Two-Phase Flow based on Direct Interface Tracking. In Proc. of 5th Int. Conf. Transport Phenomena in Multiphase Systems-HEAT5, Keynote Lecture, June 30 – July 3, 2008, Bialystok, Poland.

 

December
08

Labois M., Lakehal D.: A level-Set based interfacial heat and mass transfer model built on TransAT: Application to pressurized thermal shock, 7th Int. Conf. Multiphase Flow, Tampa, Florida, 2010.

 

December
08

Xiaoliang, Khezzar L., Labois M., Lakehal D. : Prediction of penetration and behavior of plunging liquid jets, 2nd Int. Conf. Energy Conversion & Conservation, Hammamet, Tunisia, 2010.

 

December
08

Lakehal D., Fulgosi M., G. Yadigaroglu, DNS of a condensing strati ed steam-water flow, ASME J. Heat Transfer, 130, 021501-1, 2008.

 

December
08

Lakehal D., Fulgosi M., Banerjee S., Yadigaroglu G.: Turbulence and heat transfer in condensing vapor-liquid flow, Phys. Fluids, 20, 065101, 2008.

 

December
08

Simiano M., Lakehal D., Lance M., Yadigaroglu G.: Turbulent transport mechanisms in oscillating bubbly plumes, J. Fluid Mech., 633, pp. 191-231, 2009.

 

December
08

Simiano M., Lakehal D.: Energy exchange mechanisms in meandering bubbly flows, Phys. Fluids, (accepted, in press), 2010.

 

December
08

Qu X., Khezzar L., Danciu D., M. Labois and D. Lakehal, Characterization of Plunging Liquid Jets: A combined experimental and numerical investigation, submitted to Int. J. Multiphase Flow, 2010.

 

October
20

Lakehal D.: LES of Turbulent Interfacial Flows: Formalism, SGS Modelling and Applications. VKI Lecture Series 2007-05, CFD of Multi-fluid Flow, J-M. Buchlin (Ed.), Von Karman Institute for Fluid Mechanics, Rhodes-St-Genese, Belgium, 26 pages, 2007.

 
About Oil & Gas

December
08

Lakehal D., Vilagines R., Narayanan C., Akhras A.R. : A simpli ed approach for the simulation of water-in-oil emulsions in gravity separators, 4th Int. Conf. Thermal Engineering Theory and Applications, Abu Dhabi, 2009.

 

December
08

Lakehal D., Narayanan C.: On the Simulation of Water-in-Oil Emulsions in Gravity Separators using an Eulerian Three-Phase Flow Model, 7th Int. Conf. Multiphase Flow, Tampa, Florida, 2010.

 

December
08

Narayanan C., Lakehal D.: Four-way coupling of dense particle beds of black powder in turbulent pipe flows, 7th Int. Conf. Multiphase Flow, Tampa, Florida, 2010.

 

December
08

Holzner R., Eschle P., Dangel S., Lakehal D.: Hydrocarbon microtremors interpreted as non-linear oscillations driven by oceanic background waves, Comm. Non-linear Science & Numerical Simulation, 14(1), pp. 160{173, 2009.

 

October
20

Lakehal D.: Computational Transport of Hydrocarbon Fluids. In ”7 Journees Scientifiques et Techniques (JST7) de la SONATRACH”, 28-29 Nov. 2006, Oran, Algeria.

 

October
20

Holzner R., Eschle P., Dangel S., Narayanan C., Lakehal D.: Hydrocarbon microtremors interpreted as non-linear oscillations driven by oceanic background waves, Comm. Non-linear Science & Numerical Simulation, 14(1), pp. 160-173, 2009.

 

October
20

Lakehal D., Liovic P.: LES of Steep Water Waves. In ”IUTAM Computational Approaches to Multiphase Flows”, A. Prosperetti and S. Balachandar (Eds.), Springer, Fluid Mechanics and its Applications, 331-340, 2006.

 

October
20

Lakehal D., Labois M., Caviezel D., Belhouachi B., Hewitt G.F.: 3D Simulation of Gad-Liquid Flow Transition from Stratified to Slugging in Oil Pipelines, Proc. ICAMMM Conf. Oman, UAE, Dec. 11-14 2010.

 
About Thermal-Hydraulics

December
08

Chatzikyriakou D., Walker S.P., Belhouachi B., Hewitt G.F., Narayanan C., Lakehal D., Three Dimensional Modelling of the Hydrodynamics of Oblique Droplet-Hot Wall Interactions During the Reflood Phase After a LOCA, International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, ASME, Brussels, Belgium, 2009

 

December
08

Chatzikiriakou D., Narayanan C., Lakehal D., Walker S.P., Hewitt G.F.: 3D Modelling of Oblique Droplet-HotWall Interaction durinh the Reflood Phase after a LOCA, In Proc. ICONE17, July 12-16, 2009, Brussels, Belgium.

 

December
08

Labois M., Narayanan C., Lakehal D.: PTS Prediction using CMFD Code TransAT : The COSI test case. 3rd CFD4NRS Conf., OECD/NEA & IAEA Workshop, Washington, 14-16 Sep. 2010.

 

December
08

Labois M., Narayanan C., Lakehal D.: On the Prediction of Boron Dilution in the Siemens PWR-prototpe ROCOM with the CMFD code TransAT. 3rd CFD4NRS Conf., OECD/NEA & IAEA Workshop, Washington, 14-16 Sep. 2010.

 

December
08

D. Chatzikyriakou, S.P. Walker, C.P. Hale, D. Lakehal, G.F. Hewitt, Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the Heat Transfer of Non-Contacting Droplets During the Reflood Phase after a LOCA, International Heat Transfer Conference, ASME, Washington D.C., USA, 2010

 

December
08

Yadigaroglu G., Simiano S., Milenkovic R., De Cachard F., Smith B., D. Lakehal: CFD4NRS with a focus on experimental and CMFD investigations of bubbly plumes, Nucl. Eng. Design, 238, 771-785, 2008.

 

December
08

D. Chatzikiriakou, S.P. Walker, G.F. Hewitt, C. Narayanan, D. Lakehal: Comparison of measured and modelled droplet-hot wall interactions, Appl. Thermal Eng., 29, pp. 1398-1405, 2009.

 

December
08

Lakehal D.: The Large Eddy and Interface Simulation approach for turbulent thermal-hydraulics problems, Nucl. Eng. Design, 240, 20962106, 2010.

 

December
08

D. Chatzikiriakou, S.P.Walker, G.F. Hewitt, B. Belhouachi, D. Lakehal: 3D modelling of oblique droplet-hot wall interactions during reflood phase after LOCA, ASME J. Eng. Gas Turbine & Power, 132, 102914, 1-6, 2010.

 

December
08

M. Labois, Lakehal D.: A New modeling strategy for phase-change heat transfer in turbulent interfacial two-phase flow, submitted to Int. J. Multiphase Flow, 2010.

 
About Varia

December
08

Lakehal D.: New Trends in Multiscale and Multiphysics Simulation of Transport Phenomena in Novel Engineering Systems, 2nd International Conference on Energy Conversion and Conservation, Keynote Lecture, Hamammet, Tunisia, 22-25 April, 2010.

 
About Waves & Free Surface Flows

December
08

Lakehal D., Liovic P.: LES of Steep Water Waves. In IUTAM Computational Approaches to Multiphase Flows, A. Prosperetti and S. Balachandar (Eds.), Springer, Fluid Mechanics and its Applications, 331-340, 2006.

 

December
08

Lakehal D., Liovic P.: Free surface dynamics and interaction with turbulence in breaking waves, J. Fluid Mech., (accepted, in press), 2010.

 

December
08

Lakehal D., Reboux S.: Turbulence structure near gas-liquid sheared interfaces. Part II: Wave efe ects on energy exchange, J. Fluid Mech., (in review).

 

December
08

Lakehal D., Reboux S.: Turbulence structure near gas-liquid sheared interfaces. Part I: Wave efe ects on statistics, J. Fluid Mech., (in review).

 

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