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Mofid Gorji-Bandpy

Babol Noshirvani University of Technology

Dr. Mofid Gorji-Bandpy received his MS in Mechanical Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran, in 1978. In 1990, he obtained his Ph.D. in Hydraulic Engineering from the School of Engineering, University of Wales College of Cardiff (UWCC), UK. At present, he is a full professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol, Iran. He is also a visiting professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto, Canada. His major interests are in advanced methods of energy-conversion systems, turbo machinery, fluid mechanics, water distribution networks, and solutions to both energy and environmental problems. He has published more than 300 papers in these fields. He has also published several refereed publications in different fields of mechanical engineering, applied mathematics, and aerodynamics. In addition, Dr. Gorji-Bandpy was recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics in 2017 and 2018.

2books edited

2chapters authored

Latest work with IntechOpen by Mofid Gorji-Bandpy

Aerodynamics, the study of air motion around solid objects, allows us to understand and measure the dominating forces acting on aircrafts, buildings, bridges, automobiles, and other structures. The forces that result in an aircraft overcoming gravity and drag are called thrust and lift. Various parameters such as geometrical configurations of objects, as well as physical properties of air, which may be functions of position and time, affect those forces. This book covers some of the latest studies regarding the application of the principles of aerodynamics to the design of many different engineered objects. This book will be of interest to mechanical and aerospace engineering students, academics, and researchers who are looking for new insights into this fascinating branch of fluid mechanics.

Aerodynamics

Aerodynamics

Edited by Mofid Gorji-Bandpy

Books edited

Recent Advances in Thermo and Fluid Dynamics

Recent Advances in Thermo and Fluid Dynamics

Edited by Mofid Gorji-Bandpy

Chapters authored

Exergy, the Potential Work

By Mofid Gorji-Bandpy

Part of the book: Thermodynamics

Dynamics of Droplets

By Hossein Yahyazadeh and Mofid Gorji-Bandpy

Capturing non-Newtonian power-law drops by horizontal thin fibers with circular crosssection in a quiescent media can be studied in this chapter. The case is simulated using volume of fluid (VOF) method providing a notable reduction of a computational cost. Open source OpenFOAM software is applied to conduct the simulations. This model is an extension of the one developed earlier by Lorenceau, Clanet, and Quéré [1]. To validate the model, water drops affecting a fiber of radius 350μm were simulated and threshold drop radiuses were obtained regarding to the impact velocity. These results agreed well with the experimental data presented by Lorenceau et al. [1]. In the next step, non-Newtonian power-law drops landing on thin fiber of radius 350μm were simulated. The final goal of this study was to obtain the threshold velocity and radius of a drop that is completely captured by the fiber. Threshold radiuses for both shear-thinning and shear-thickening drops were obtained and compared with corresponding Newtonian drops. Results show that the threshold radius of drop increases in a fixed velocity as n, power-law index, increases. Furthermore, shear-thinning nature of the drop leads to instabilities in high Reynolds numbers (Re) as it influences the fiber.

Part of the book: Recent Advances in Thermo and Fluid Dynamics

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