Research of Symmetry/Asymmetry Applied in Fluid Mechanics
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022)
Special Issue Editor
Interests: multiphase flows; aerodynamics; spray cooling; droplet dynamics; thermal management; CFD flow modelling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue invites you to contribute your original research work and review articles on “Research of Symmetry/Asymmetry Applied in Fluid Mechanics” that either advances the state of the art of mathematical methods, theoretical, or experimental studies, or extends the bounds of existing methodologies to new contributions related to the symmetry, asymmetry, and Lie symmetries of differential equations proposed as mathematical models in fluid mechanics to address current challenges. The focus of this Special Issue is to discuss analytical and numerical solutions to problems related primarily to the incompressible flow of Newtonian/non-Newtonian fluids in various physical geometries, such as internal, boundary layer or microchannel flows. We welcome research papers on the applications of group theoretical methods to problems in fluid mechanics, and review articles describing the latest research trends in the field. We hope that this Special Issue will give the scientific community an overall picture and up-to-date studies in the relevant field, which will eventually help both the industrial and engineering sectors. Submissions are welcome from experts and practitioners with mathematics, physics, or engineering backgrounds who utilize symmetry analysis as well as other allied approaches.
Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:
- The symmetry method, Lie group, perturbation analysis, numerical simulations and approximations (finite element, finite volume and finite difference methods), differential transform, and other new technologies;
- Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids;
- Nanofluids;
- Flow instability;
- Heat and mass transfer;
- Steady and unsteady flow problems;
- Machine learning;
- Thermal management technologies;
- Renewable energy technologies;
- Power cycle analysis;
- Multiphase flow modeling;
- Partial differential equations;
- Thermodynamics;
- Microfluidics;
- Magnetohydrodynamics;
- Physiological fluid phenomena in biological systems.
Dr. Yubiao Sun
Guest Editor
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