Computational fluid dynamics in turbomachinery: a review of state of the art

RN Pinto, A Afzal, LV D'Souza, Z Ansari… - … Methods in Engineering, 2017 - Springer
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) plays an essential role to analyze fluid flows and heat
transfer situations by using numerical methods. Turbomachines involve internal and external …

Thermo-mechanical and structural performances of automobile disc brakes: a review of numerical and experimental studies

A Afzal, M Abdul Mujeebu - Archives of Computational Methods in …, 2019 - Springer
Disc brake system is one of the most critical components in a vehicle, which is always
exposed to nonlinear transient thermoelastic conditions. Optimal design of a brake system to …

Response surface analysis, clustering, and random forest regression of pressure in suddenly expanded high-speed aerodynamic flows

A Afzal, A Aabid, A Khan, SA Khan, U Rajak… - Aerospace Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Experimental analysis of base pressure in suddenly expanded compressible flow from
nozzles at different Mach numbers is performed. Intensive experimentation is carried out to …

Battery thermal management: An optimization study of parallelized conjugate numerical analysis using Cuckoo search and Artificial bee colony algorithm

A Afzal, ADM Samee, RD Jilte, MT Islam… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermal management of heat-generating battery packs involve many operating parameters
affecting its performance, efficiency, and maintenance. Heat generation (Q gen), conductivity …

Multi-objective optimization of thermal performance in battery system using genetic and particle swarm algorithm combined with fuzzy logics

A Afzal, MK Ramis - Journal of Energy Storage, 2020 - Elsevier
A novel technique for multi-objective optimization of thermal management in battery system
using hybrid Genetic algorithm and Fuzzy logic is developed. Secondly, Particle Swarm …

Back propagation modeling of shear stress and viscosity of aqueous Ionic-MXene nanofluids

A Afzal, KM Yashawantha, N Aslfattahi… - Journal of Thermal …, 2021 - Springer
Back-propagation modeling of viscosity and shear stress of Ionic-MXene nanofluid is carried
out in this work. The data for Ionic-MXene nanofluid of 0.05, 0.1, and 0.2 mass concentration …

Experimental investigation of the mechanical properties of carbon/basalt/SiC nanoparticle/polyester hybrid composite materials

K Karthik, D Rajamani, EP Venkatesan, MI Shajahan… - Crystals, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, many researchers have focused on the preparation of carbon and basalt
fiber-reinforced composites. As a result, the composites have gained popularity as an …

Investigation and back-propagation modeling of base pressure at sonic and supersonic Mach numbers

A Afzal, SA Khan, MT Islam, RD Jilte, A Khan… - Physics of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The experimental analysis of base pressure in a high-speed compressible flow is carried
out. The flow is made to expand abruptly from the nozzle into an enlarged duct at fifteen …

Thermal analyses of minichannels and use of mathematical and numerical models

MEM Soudagar, MA Kalam, MU Sajid… - … Heat Transfer, Part A …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Growth in electronic devices comes with a challenge to engineers to provide proficient
cooling mechanism in order to evade performance decline. Minichannel heat sinks are one …

Experimental investigation on the thermal performance of inserted helical tube three-fluid heat exchanger using graphene/water nanofluid

A Afzal, MT Islam, AR Kaladgi, AM Manokar… - Journal of Thermal …, 2021 - Springer
Heat exchangers are widely used for cooling and heating in every process industry. Here, a
laboratory-scale experimental setup is used to investigate the thermal performance of …