Publications

The flow periodicity in an additively manufactured microchannel heat transfer device is analysed using the micro-particle image velocimetry technique. A metal offset strip fin (OSF) microchannel is additively manufactured using laser powder bed fusion to overcome the limitations of conventional production techniques in manufacturing small complex features. This study demonstrates the capability of measuring the velocity field in an OSF ...

We introduce a new micro-macro Markov chain Monte Carlo method to sample invariant distributions of molecular dynamics systems that exhibit a time-scale separation between the microscopic (fast) dynamics, and the macroscopic (slow) dynamics of some low-dimensional set of reaction coordinates. The algorithm enhances exploration of the state space in the presence of metastability by allowing larger proposed moves at the macroscopic level, on which ...

In this work, the Nusselt number is examined for periodically developed heat transfer in micro- and mini-channels with arrays of offset strip fins, subject to a constant heat flux. The Nusselt number is defined on the basis of a heat transfer coefficient which represents the spatially constant macro-scale temperature difference between the fluid and solid during conjugate heat transfer. Its values are determined numerically on a single unit cell ...

Neutral gas physics and neutral interactions with the plasma are key aspects of edge plasma and divertor physics in a fusion reactor including the detachment phenomenon often seen as key to dealing with the power exhaust challenges. A full physics description of the neutral gas dynamics requires a 6D kinetic approach, potentially time dependent, where the details of the wall geometry play a substantial role, to the extent that, e.g., the ...