International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Papers
(The median citation count of International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
A transient solution for shear flow driven orientation and deformation of a droplet at low Reynolds numbers85
Study on the influence of baffle height and angle on the performance of coarse powder separator in power plant based on CFD-DPM method84
Robust data-driven turbulence closures for improved heat transfer prediction in complex geometries79
DNS vs. LES: Turbulent flow in square duct with heated foil boundary77
Heat transfer and dynamic deformation in infusion bags during hot water shower sterilization: A numerically efficient two-step CFD multiphase model67
Editorial Board67
A novel integrated system of photovoltaic panel and water still with photovoltaic cooling and heat storage functions63
Multifactor influence on smoke back-layering length of an upward single-slope tunnel with a water spray system62
RANS CFD applied to 2D canonical shock wave turbulent boundary layer interaction61
Performance analysis of gas-assisted nozzle jets using stress-blending eddy simulation turbulence modeling57
Impact of cylinder diameter and spacing on fluid flow, forces, and heat transfer in tandem cylinder configuration56
Asymptotic thermophysical behaviors of near-critical fluid under parameter scaling55
Evaporation of high-volatile binary sessile drop: Influence of concentarion50
Influence of varying aspect ratios and flow rates in thermal energy storage tanks using phase change material48
Role of coherent structures in the transport equation for the vorticity–temperature correlation48
A theoretical model for ingress through turbine rim seals based on physically-observed unsteadiness46
Heat sink optimization with response surface methodology for single phase immersion cooling42
Numerical analysis of single bubble dynamics and heat transfer in electric field-enhanced nucleate boiling41
Turbulence statistics analysis of cross flow and heat transfer over an inline tube bundle using DNS39
Thermal analysis and structural optimization of microchannels of bionic dorsal fin structure using multi-objective genetic algorithm39
Heat transfer mechanism of nucleated bubbles on vertical heating surface induced by 2.4 MHz waves in HFE-7100 liquid38
Erratum to “Numerical investigation of effusion cooling characteristics in combustor liners: Point and volumetric source term modelling approaches” [Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow 117 (2026) 110121]38
Eddy-resolving Reynolds stress modeling of particle-laden flows using a multiphase Euler–Lagrange approach38
New correlation of heat transfer coefficient for saturated flow boiling in smooth helically coiled tubes38
Fluid mechanics signature and jet characteristics in needle-free injection systems36
Effects of fin shapes and orientations with cyclic heating and cooling on melting and solidification of PCM-filled closed space36
Heat transfer characteristics and optimization strategies in supercritical fluid heat exchangers with non-uniform thermal boundaries: A systematic review35
A novel three-dimensional topology-optimized cold plate design for lithium-ion battery thermal management based on Murray’s law35
Study on the flow and heat transfer characteristics inside high-porosity open-cell copper foams: Experimental and numerical explorations34
A review of fast unsteady aerodynamic and aeroelastic calculation methods for subsonic aircraft design32
Rayleigh–Bénard convection driven by free-surface evaporation32
Experimental study of dielectric liquid spray cooling on multi-scale structured surfaces inspired by leaf veins32
Subgrid-scale modelling using deconvolutional artificial neural networks in large eddy simulations of chemically reacting compressible turbulence31
Enhancement of the acoustic performance of a counter-rotating cooling fan in an outdoor unit of room air conditioner with tip winglet31
Vapor quality distribution in a microchannel heat exchanger Header: Impact of downward and horizontal distributor spraying30
Numerical study of heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics of novel microchannel heat sinks designed for laser crystals30
Investigating the influence of inlet/outlet arrangements and flow direction on the hydro-thermal performance of a multi-minichannel cold plate30
Numerical analysis of coalescence-induced bubble departure for enhanced boiling heat transfer30
Preliminary experimental quantifications on CO2 cross-critical process inside a cubic chamber by pixelated-array masked interferometer29
Experiment and numerical simulation of the performance on scaled compressor cascade and development of a prediction model29
Experimental investigation of heat transfer effects in impinging circular jets confined by inclined plates29
Cellular vortex formation between a heated horizontal cylinder and an adiabatic upper wall29
Optimization of a double-intake squirrel cage fan using OpenFoam and metamodels28
Experimental and numerical investigation into the drag performance of dimpled surfaces in a turbulent boundary layer28
Surface roughness influences vortex interactions and jet stability in pitching foils in quiescent flow27
Numerical and experimental study of a jet impingement oven and its application to bread baking27
Enhanced CHF of pool boiling and its predictive correlation for heterogeneous distributed composite microstructured surfaces with microcavities on micro-pin-fins26
Electrohydrodynamic conduction induced convection in a film with interface charge26
Influence of side jet orientation, stretching, and flow rate on thermal enhancement at the leading edge of a gas turbine blade26
Investigation of secondary flows development in a three-dimensional curved rectangular duct using advanced turbulence modeling strategies25
Prediction of pyrolysis gas calorific value at the outlet of a domestic waste pyrolysis reactor under small heat capacity conditions25
Experimental investigation of aerodynamic drag reduction in a light commercial vehicle using cab extenders25
Numerical and experimental study on heat exchange performance of plate-fin structures under aviation atmospheric environment25
Effects of leakage opening angle on near-field flow and heat transfer in supercritical CO2 jets25
FR3D: Three-dimensional flow reconstruction and force estimation for unsteady flows around extruded bluff bodies via conformal mapping aided convolutional autoencoders24
Theoretical and numerical analyses of turbulent plane Couette flow controlled using uniform blowing and suction24
Numerical assessment of particle deposition reduction in turbulent bend pipe flow with a rib insertion24
A new large eddy simulation algorithm of dense particle hydrodynamics in a flat-bottom spouted fluidized bed24
Identifying particle flow structures in a dense gas-particle fluidized bed24
Comparative analysis of the wake flow characteristics of single human and single column personnel walking indoors24
Benefits of FIR-based spectral proper orthogonal decomposition in separation of flow dynamics in the wake of a cantilevered square cylinder23
Experimental investigation of heat transfer characteristics of distilled water and ethanol in electrospray surface cooling23
Assessment of behavioural modification techniques on particle-laden turbulent pipe flows23
Experimental evaluation of the frost suppression performance of a superhydrophobic finned tube heat exchanger22
Combined microjet control of air ejectors with surrogate model-based optimisation22
Experimental study and motion parameter optimization of the shell side of a gas-phase rotating shell-and-tube heat exchanger based on an improved NSGA-II algorithm22
Self-similarity in the logarithmic region of turbulence intensity in high-Reynolds-number pipe flow22
Thermal performance enhancement for gas turbine blade trailing edge cooling with topology-optimized printable diamond TPMS lattice22
Investigation of thermal hydraulics performance of Pb-Li in a square duct22
Numerical study on the influence mechanism of vibration on the film boiling heat transfer using the VOSET method21
Effects of streamwise aspect ratio on the spatio-temporal characteristics of flow around rectangular cylinders21
Deep reinforcement learning for turbulence modeling in large eddy simulations21
Design and simulation of a new carbonation device with both steel slag modification and carbon sequestration functions21
Multi-objective optimization of hydrothermal performance of a porous minichannel heat sink using RSM and NSGA-II algorithm21
Research on passive shock wave control in supersonic transpiration cooling21
Effects of droplet oscillation on the aerodynamic behavior of sessile droplets in shear flows21
Corrugation characteristics effect of channel on heat transfer and pressure Drop: Experimental study20
A realizable and scale-consistent data-driven non-linear eddy viscosity modeling framework for arbitrary regression algorithms20
Flow and heat transfer characteristics of low-Weber number elliptical droplets impacting supercooled curved surfaces20
Machine learning-assisted performance prediction for dual PV-TEG systems with a triangular–elliptical cooling channel20
Effect of excitation Strouhal number on velocity field and mixing capability of acoustically excited dual jets20
Influence of graphene nanoplatelets dispersion in food graded heat transfer fluid on the performance of Non-Centrifugal cane sugar unit- a CFD approach20
On frozen-RANS approaches in data-driven turbulence modeling: Practical relevance of turbulent scale consistency during closure inference and application20
Predicting the wall-shear stress and wall pressure through convolutional neural networks19
Multi objective heat dissipation space optimization feedback control algorithm based on threshold triggering19
Performance prediction and optimization method of DIR-SOFC based on GA-optimized BP neural network: A case study of multi-component fuel19
Corrigendum to “Effect of a horizontal hole on flow structures around a wall-mounted low-aspect-ratio cylinder” [Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow vol. 71 (2018) pp. 80–94]19
Passive flow control in triangular arrangement of cylinders: Role of Reynolds number, role of gap spacing, role of splitter plate19
Capturing the drag crisis in the flow around a smooth cylinder using a hybrid RANS-LES model on coarse meshes19
The flow and heat transfer performance of a novel double-spiral heat sink for processing unit cooling19
Comparative study on heat extraction performance and economic feasibility between medium-deep coaxial and U-type ground heat exchangers19
In-situ synthesis of cuprous oxide nanofluid using ribose for enhanced thermal conductivity and stability18
The effect of the outlet air duct design of a centrifugal compressor on the gas-dynamic and heat-exchange characteristics of the air flow18
Thermo-economic analysis of organic Rankine cycle using a new two-stage solar collector with nanofluids18
Experimental study of the flow pattern and heat transfer characteristics of the refrigerant flow condensation through metal foam inserts18
Thermal management improvement of batteries by use of Nanofluids: A comprehensive and updated review18
Heat transfer performance of inlet/outlet manifold configurations and bottom wall cavities composite in microchannel heat sinks18
Impacts of ejection angle components of initial velocity distribution for jet control18
Research on heat transfer and flow characteristics of latent functionally thermal fluid in circular tubes with embedded fins18
The analysis of flow and heat transfer characteristics in spiral microchannel heat sinks18
Modeling of a heavy gas turbulent dispersion in simplified and real-scale urban environments18
Numerical analysis of enhanced heat transfer and nanofluid flow mechanisms in fan groove and pyramid truss microchannels18
Aerothermal investigation of tip flow structures and heat transfer characteristics of different high-pressure turbine blade squealer tip designs18
Interface-resolved simulations of supercritical CO2-water displacement in heterogeneous porous media18
Predicting high-fidelity multiphysics data from low-fidelity fluid flow and transport solvers using physics-informed neural networks18
Editorial Board17
Analyzing the performance of a PV/T module using response surface methodology17
Analytical modeling of simultaneous phase transitions in a low-temperature evaporator for a pilot-scale Organic Rankine Cycle using R134a: A comparative study with water coolant17
An elliptic-blending-related upgrade of a near-wall Reynolds-stress model17
Characteristic phases of the development of unsteady cloud cavitation: Statistical analysis of uncorrelated velocity fields17
Computational fluid dynamic simulations informed by CT and 4D flow MRI for post-surgery aortic dissection – A case study17
Numerical investigation of in-nozzle cavitation and flow characteristics in diesel engines using a multi-fluid quasi-VOF model coupled with a cavitation model17
Anisotropy analysis of vortex breakdown states via direct numerical simulation17
Unsteady MHD flow analysis of hybrid nanofluid over a shrinking surface with porous media and heat generation: Computational study on entropy generation and Bejan number16
Assessment of Reynolds number effects in supersonic turbulent boundary layers16
Numerical simulation of the IAEA benchmark regarding fluid-to-fluid similarity for heat transfer at supercritical pressures16
Structured input–output analysis of oblique laminar–turbulent patterns in plane Couette–Poiseuille flow16
Drag reduction study of spanwise secondary flow induced by macroscale corrugated surface in turbulent channel flow16
Machine-learning-based Reduced-Order Modelling of a morphing wing in turbulent flow using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition and mesh deformation16
Heat transfer and energy storage performances enhanced by bionic fin structures in a rectangular latent heat storage unit: A comparative study16
High-fidelity simulations of the flow around a NACA 4412 wing section at high angles of attack16
Experimental investigation on water-side icing characteristics of plate evaporators: classification, critical flow rates, and parametric relationships16
Experimental and numerical studies on enhanced effusion cooling with shallowly dimpled film holes on double-wall structure surface16
Investigating the Evolution of arch temperature and prediction model for temperature rise of fire Smoke: Model testing of an Extra-Long highway tunnel with vertical shaft16
Direct numerical simulations and spectral proper orthogonal decomposition analysis of shocklet-containing turbulent channel counter-flows15
Effect of evolving radiative properties on heat transfer during light induced evaporation process in plasmonic nanofluid15
Research progress of kidney vortex and its application in film cooling15
Enhancing mixed convection for effective thermal transport in a multi-lid-driven cavity with a heated obstacle15
Editorial Board15
Heat transfer and flow performance of supercritical carbon dioxide in a nanochannel heat exchanger15
Effects of shear intensity on the linear instability of viscoelastic Rayleigh-Bénard-Poiseuille flow15
DNS analysis of the effect of control parameters on the heat transfer performance of intermittently controlled impinging jets15
Flow over a 25°Ahmed body at a Reynolds number characteristic of suburban driving speeds15
Thermoelectric performance enhancement by employing fishtail and delta-shaped vortex generators in a heat exchanger: An experimental and numerical study15
Reynolds-averaged stress and scalar-flux closures via symbolic regression for vertical natural convection15
Additive-feature-attribution methods: A review on explainable artificial intelligence for fluid dynamics and heat transfer15
Simulation of the flow and heat transfer characteristics of open-cell metal foams: Two jet impingement heat sinks15
Direct numerical simulation of installation effects on airfoil noise15
Mixing of a cylindrical gravity current in a stratified ambient15
Resolvent analyses of incompressible turbulent channel, pipe and boundary-layer flows15
Flow and thermal fields modeling in jet impingement configurations using a Reynolds stress turbulence closure within the RANS and Sensitized-RANS framework15
Large eddy simulation of CO2 direct air capture units in different atmospheric boundary layer wind profiles15
Cavitation and associated entropy production characteristic of a pump turbine in pumping mode based on a modified Zwart-Gerber-Belamri model15
Viscosity-driven clustering of heated polydispersed particles in subsonic jet flows15
Multi-objective optimization for maximizing thermohydraulic performance and minimizing entropy generation in finned-tube heat exchangers15
Visual boiling experimental research based on lateral liquid supply structure15
Visualization experimental study on evaporation heat transfer characteristics of an open evaporator with a tower-like porous wick15
Research on damaged unit detection of lithium battery thermal management system14
Local correlations for predicting the transition process in separated flows tuned with a large experimental database14
Depth effects on the cavity induced transition at hypersonic speed by DNS14
Visualized study and performance evaluation on a micro-grooved vapor chamber14
Intensified melting process in a horizontal thermal energy storage unit with graded-porosity metal foam for geothermal systems14
Computational investigation of heat transfer and frictional loss of fin-tube heat exchanger with delta winglet and shear-thinning fluid14
Numerical investigation on thermal and flow characteristics of multi-jet microchannels with slotted cavities and circular protrusions using liquid metal as coolant14
Experimental data-driven gradient-informed neural network modeling of bio-inspired flow separation control14
CFD analysis of single and two-phase fluid flow in a Roots blower14
Numerical investigation of grooved cylinder-airfoil interaction noise reduction at different Reynolds numbers14
Dynamic characteristics analysis of supercritical CO2 power cycle under system volume effects14
Flow dynamics in the micro-sized channel and chamfer formation mechanism during abrasive flow machining14
Active stabilization of thrust axis in serpentine convergent-divergent nozzles via suction control14
Editorial for the special issue: Thermos-fluidics in low-carbon/green power conversion systems14
An efficient and accurate surrogate modeling of flapping dynamics in inverted elastic foils using hypergraph neural networks14
Fundamental heat and entropy transfer mechanisms of convection underlying the first and second laws for an unsteady multiport system and their applications in parallel flow heat exchangers14
Modeling of wall heat flux in flame–wall interaction using machine learning13
Analysis of heat storage performance of horizontally placed triplex-tube heat exchanger with corrugated fins13
Patterned surface structures for passive control of surface-wave mode transitions13
Assessment of RANS turbulence model performance in tight lattice LWR fuel subchannels13
Effects of aspect ratio on flow over arrays of tall buildings13
Detailed visualization experiments on the start-up process and stable operation of pulsating heat pipes: Effects of internal diameter13
Thermal and fluid flow analysis of bifluid PVT collector using Pyomo-based modeling and experimentation13
Investigation on heat transfer and heat sink distribution of regeneration-transpiration combined cooling13
Analysis of internal flow characteristics of squirrel-cage fan with multi-directional air intake impeller13
Additive manufacturing impact on a fluidic oscillator with respect to surface roughness13
Study on atomization and evaporation characteristics of liquid jets under shock wave action in supersonic flow13
Analysis of nanofluid flow and heat transfer characteristics in a wavy-walled tube heat exchanger13
Hydrogen mole fraction distributions inferred from inverse-LIF measurements on high-pressure hydrogen injections13
An improved predictive model for forced-convective heat transfer of turbulent boundary layers with unheated length13
Studying turbulent flows with physics-informed neural networks and sparse data13
Performance enhancement of surface heat exchangers enabled by graphene aerogel based PCM array architectures13
Influence of an upstream attached flat plate on the Newtonian flow past a square cylinder13
Flow-induced vibration of an elastically mounted oblate spheroid with variable mass ratio13
Enhancing the thermal performance of a minichannel using a new design of corrugated rectangular winglet pair as vortex generator13
Numerical investigation on thermomagnetic convection performance of a vertical plate under magnetic field of a permanent magnet13
Torque and heat transfer characteristics in Taylor–Couette turbulence with an axially grooved cylinder12
A PDE-free, neural network-based eddy viscosity model coupled with RANS equations12
Mixed convection flow over a horizontal plate: The effect of far field conditions and the structure of the wake12
Stability analysis of Poiseuille–Rayleigh–Bénard convection of Jeffreys fluids in an inclined fluid-porous system12
The mean pressure distribution on the free end of a square prism12
Numerical simulation of a double helix vortex structure in a tangential chamber12
Effect of slanted frustum vortex generators on turbulent hydraulic-thermal transfer behaviors of a solar air heater12
Numerical analysis of unsteady vortex evolution and internal flow mechanisms in a three-twisted-blade pump using OpenFOAM12
The hydraulically smooth limit of flow over surfaces with spanwise heterogeneity12
New approach of the solution of physical fields of fluid dynamics: Physics-informed long short-term memory network12
Unsteady axisymmetric hybrid graphene-copper nanofluid slip flow over a permeable radially shrinking disk with the Soret and Dufour effects12
Decoupling interface effects on surface wave transition12
Three-dimensional simulations of liquid/gas flow through radial centrifugal pumps and the effect of bubble coalescence and breakup on the formation of gas accumulations12
Performance analysis of high concentration Photovoltaic/Membrane distillation hybrid system12
GMDH and RSM models for prediction of heat transfer parameters in an ultrasonic vibrating fin-and-tube heat exchanger12
The influence of different wall film models on the simulation of spray humidification process12
Turbulent/non-turbulent interfaces in equilibrium and non-equilibrium regions in the absence of mean shear12
Waste heat recovery of blast furnace slag in moving bed: Influencing of structural parameters and operating parameters12
Thermal analysis of a refrigeration system integrated with a thermoelectric couple and microchannels using TiO2-water nanofluid12
The onset of turbulence in pulsating flows in smooth pipes12
Numerical study on flow and heat transfer characteristics in manifold microchannel heat sinks with rectangular restrictors12
Direct numerical simulation of a cantilevered rod experiment12
A generalised multiphase modelling approach with heat transfer and thermal phase change11
Heat transfer enhancement for flow boiling of zeotropic mixtures with regulating liquid mass transfer resistance11
Flow features of the Ahmed body at a low Reynolds number11
Inviscid characteristics of a conical shock wave from a finite cone impinging on a flat plate in a Mach 2 flow11
Numerical study on the heat storage and release performance of eccentric helical shell and tube heat exchanger11
Spatial features of Reynolds-stress carrying structures in turbulent boundary layers with pressure gradient11
Thermal transport in oscillatory MHD Jeffrey nanofluid flow: Unravelling the impact of nanoparticle geometry and hybrid base fluid ratios in wavy channel11
Increasing bushing temperature via a heating tube for performance enhancement of ion implanters11
Performance evaluation of dovetail fin variants derived from a rectangular fin for laptop heat sinks11
PIV measurement of turbulent flow in curved ducts with variable curvature convex wall11
Numerical simulation study of a multi-pipe thermal energy storage system11
Study of viscosity variation and inconsistency of non-Newtonian fluid flow over oscillating surface11
Enhancing heat transfer efficiency and entropy generation minimization in Micro-Channel Heat Sinks through pillar spacing and diameter optimization11
Insights of quantitative imaging and instantaneous heat transfer coefficient measurement in spouted bed column11
Mean-line analysis and optimal design of turbines using a proper algorithm for choked conditions11
Thermal analysis of a solar panel unit using PCM and various fin arrangements11
Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes simulation of turbulent flow fields around a line of trees and a steep hill using a new turbulent inflow generation method11
Interscale transfer of turbulent energy in grid-generated turbulence with low Reynolds numbers11
A review on the asymmetry, steady instability and bistability in the wake of industrial ground vehicles11
Direct numerical simulation of turbulent flow and heat transfer in a particle-laden turbulent channel flow11
Effects of cooling hole blockage on heat transfer and film cooling effectiveness of gas turbine squealer tip11
Experimental study on thermal-hydraulic characteristics of a multi-channel natural circulation boiling loop11
Transient motion of a hydrophobic spherical particle in a Brinkman medium: A comparative analysis of cell models11
Effects of water vapor concentration on the film cooling effectiveness of hydrogen gas turbine vane11
Study on heat transfer characteristics of elliptical heat exchange tubes under acoustic streaming11
Second law aerodynamic losses from symmetric turbine blades with and without film cooling11
Cross flow over two heated cylinders in tandem arrangements at subcritical Reynolds number using large eddy simulations11
Evaluation of innovative thermal performance augmentation techniques in heat sinks & heat pipes: Electronics & renewable energy applications11
Computational and physical considerations for the development of machine learning augmented turbulence models11
Influence of multiscale roughness height in turbulent boundary layers11
Fluid motion prediction from schlieren for ethanol plume velocity measurement10
Turbulent scalar transport in annular purging jet issuing from moving wafer stage of lithography machine10
Experimental investigation of a bio-based commercial phase change material melting in an inclined rectangular enclosure10
Comparative assessment of nonpremixed and beta-premixed flamelet progress variable models: Effect of presumed probability density function strategies and scalar dissipation closures10
Numerical investigation of laminar flow heat transfer characteristics and entropy generation in microchannel with shark-skin bionic structure10
Numerical study of highly loaded tandem blades for high subsonic flow10
Experimental and numerical study on enhanced cooling effectiveness for gas turbine blade leading edge with internal ridged swirl chamber and TPMS effusion holes10
Series-Connected Open-Loop L-shaped pulsating heat pipes for Lithium-Ion battery thermal Management: Experimental optimization of heat transfer performance in EV-Applicable scenarios10
Evaluation of the airflow distribution of a vertical air ventilation system in a car cabin using PIV measurements and CFD simulations10
Compressed representation of separation bubbles from a vast database10
Numerical study of TPMS-based microchannel heat sinks using supercritical CO2: Effects of structure type and volume fraction10
Quantitative experiment and numerical simulation on sub-critical and supercritical CO2-N2 multiphase jet flows10
Flow control mechanism of tip winglets with nonlinear thickness distribution in Stage 37 compressor10
Mathematical modeling of concentration influence on evaporative convection in a bilayer system of binary mixtures10
Study on the flow and enhanced heat transfer mechanism of staggered parallel pin fins minichannel10
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