Gear pumps represent the majority of the fixed displacement machines used for flow
generation in fluid power systems. In this context, the paper presents a review of the different …

Cavitation is one of the most detrimental fluid-dynamic anomalies that occur to
turbomachines. It mainly affects machines characterized by high rotation speeds and clear …

The paper presents the computational fluid dynamics simulation of an external gear pump
for fluid power applications. The aim of the study is to test the capability of the model to …

Recently several works have been published on numerical simulation of an external gear
pump (EGP). Such kinds of pumps are simple and relatively inexpensive, and are frequently …

The effect of adding straight fins on thermal and hydraulic characteristics of transient heat
and fluid flow over a circular cylinder is investigated using the OpenFOAM toolbox …

A new approach based on the open source tool OpenFOAM is presented for the numerical
simulation of a mini gerotor pump working at low pressure. The work is principally focused …

As a kind of hydraulic power component, the external gear pump determines the
performance of the entire hydraulic system. The degradation state of gear pumps can be …

The uniformity of the gelatin solution and water mixing process is a critical factor in the
performance of helical gear pump mixers that affects pump efficiency. In this study, we …

Gear pumps are amongst the most common types of positive displacement pumps. Having
advantages such as small size, continuous and smooth output flow and high performance …

This article presents computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling of the flow processes at a
certain specimen of an external gear pump. The purpose of the developed two-dimensional …