Publications - 2009
Books
J. Y. Sheikh-Ahmad, Machining of Polymer Composites, Boston, USA, Springer, 2009.
L. J. Ernst, G. Q. Zhang, W. D. van Driel, P. Rodgers, C. Bailey & O. de Saint Leger (Eds), Proceedings of EuroSimE 2009 – 10th International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Multi-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Micro-Electronics and Micro-Systems, Delft, The Netherlands, 2009.
Book Chapters
M. M. Ohadi & R. Couvillion, “Heat transfer,” in ASHRAE Fundamentals Handbook, Mark S. Oven, Atlanta, GA: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), 2009.
M. M. Ohadi & R. Couvillion, “Mass transfer,” in ASHRAE Fundamentals Handbook, Mark S. Oven, Atlanta, GA: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), 2009.
Theses and Dissertations
E. Al-Hajri, “Prediction of Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop of Condensing Refrigerant Flow in A High Aspect Ratio Micro-Channel,”Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, Maryland, U.S.A., August 2009.
Journal Articles
K. C. Leong, H. Y. Li, L. W. Jin & J. C. Chai, “Numerical and experimental study of forced convection in graphite foams of different configurations,” Applied Thermal Engineering, Available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13594311, 2009.
V. Eveloy and P. Rodgers, “Introducing Mechanical Engineering to Students in the Gulf Region,” The International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 603-614, 2009.
S. C. Fok, S. Y. E. Lim & G. Y. C. Chan, “An intelligent virtual environment to support cognitive rehabilitation: relearning meal preparation skills for independent living,” International Journal of Biomechatronics and Biomedical Robotics, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 67-77, December 2009.
S. Q. Yu, F. L. Tan & S. C. Fok, “Cooling of an automatic teller machine: A numerical study,” Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 445-457, September 2009.
F. L. Tan & S. C. Fok, “Freezing of tilapia fillets in an air blast freezer,” International Journal of Food Science and Technology, vol. 44, no. 8, pp. 1619-1625, August 2009.
S. C. Fok & F. L. Tan, “A computer-aided design tool to facilitate the realization of cooling systems,” International Journal of Product Development, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 313-328, August 2009.
A. E. Pillay, S. Fok, S. Stephen & A. Abd-Elhameed, “Monitoring interfacial degradation in metal-coatings using laser-ablation technology (ICP-MS),” Canadian Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 821-825, June 2009.
F. L. Tan & S. C. Fok, “Development of a computer-aided educational tool incorporating MATLAB for engineering measurements,” Computer Applications in Engineering Education, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 206-213, June 2009.
S. C. Fok, “Economic bust – environment boom?” Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 84-85, June 2009.
H. S. Ku, S. C. Fok & E. Siores, “Contrasts on fracture toughness and flexural strength of varying percentages of SLG reinforced phenolic composites,” Journal of Composite Materials, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 885-895, April 2009.
S. C. Fok, “Internet-enabled exercises and prosthesis for home-based cognitive rehabilitation,” International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 29-43, January 2009.
A. Goharzadeh & P. Rodgers, “Experimental characterization of solid particle transport by slug flow using particle image velocimetry,” Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 147, no. 012069, pp. 1-13, 2009.
A. Goharzadeh & P. Rodgers “Experimental measurement of laminar axisymmetric flow through confined annular geometries with sudden inward expansion,” ASME-Transactions - Journal of Fluid Engineering, vol. 131, no. 12, December 2009.
E. Gunister, I. Cobanoglu & S. Isci, “The effect of polyurethane on NaMt and ONaMt dispersions,” Progress In Organic Coatings, vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 357-361, July 2009.
C. H. Unlu, E. Gunister & O. Atici, “Synthesis and characterization of NaMt biocomposites with corn cob xylan in aqueous media,” Carbohydrate Polymers, vol. 76, no. 4, pp. 585-592, May 2009.
M. D. Islam, I. Kubo, M. Ohadi & A. A. Alili, “Measurement of solar energy radiation in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.,” J. Applied Energy, vol. 86, no. 4, pp. 511-515, April 2009.
M. D. Islam, K. Oyakawa & I. Kubo, “Visualization of flow pattern and thermal image analysis of enhanced heat transfer surface,” Heat and Mass Transfer J., vol. 45, no. 4, p. 511, 2009.
M. D. Islam, K. Oyakawa, M. Yaga & I. Kubo, “The effects of duct height on heat transfer enhancement of a co-rotating type rectangular finned surface in duct,” Experimental, Thermal and Fluid Science J., vol. 33, pp. 348-356, 2009.
M. D. Islam, K. Oyakawa, M. Yaga & I. Kubo, “The influence of channel height on heat transfer enhancement of a co-angular type rectangular finned surface in narrow channel,” International Journal of Thermal science, vol. 48, no. 8, pp. 1639-1648, 2009.
M. D. Islam, M. Al-Shehi & M. Ohadi, “Emerging applications in Cryogenics- Nitrogen injection for Reservoir Enhanced Oil Recovery,” ASHRAE Transactions, vol. 115, Part 2, 2009.
K. Oyakawa, A. Umeda, M. D. Islam, N. Saji & S. Matsuda, “Flow structure and heat transfer of impingement jet,” Heat and Mass transfer J., vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 53-61, 2009.
M. D. Islam, K. Oyakawa & I. Kubo, “Comparative studies on the effect of duct height on heat transfer and flow behavior between co-angular and co-rotating type finned surface,” Heat and Mass transfer J., vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 245-253, December 2009.
L. Khezzar, A. C. Seibi & A. Goharzadeh, “Water sloshing in rectangular tanks – an experimental investigation & numerical simulation,” International Journal of Engineering, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 1 – 11, May 2009.
P. Foroughi, A. Shooshtari, S. Dessiatoun & M. Ohadi, “Experimental characterization of an electrohydrodynamic micropump for cryogenic spot cooling applications,” Heat Transfer Engineering, vol. 31, no. 2, 2009.
P. Kalinowski, Y. Hwang, R. Radermacher, S. Al Hashimi & P. Rodgers, “Application of waste heat powered absorption refrigeration system to the LNG recovery process,” International Journal of Refrigeration, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 687-694, 2009.
C. Seibi, A. Karrech, F. Boukadi & T. Pervez, “Measurements while drilling techniques: a comparative study and suggestions for improvements,” Journal of Energy Sources, Part A, Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, vol. 31 no. 14, pp. 1205-1216, 2009.
A. C. Seibi, A. Al-Yhamadi, S. Al-Hiddabi, T. Pervez, A. Karrech & A. Al-Shabibi, “Dynamic effects of mandrel/tubular interaction on downhole solid tubular expansion in well engineering,” J. of Energy Resources Technology, ASME transaction, vol. 131, no. 1, pp. 1-7, March 2009.
F. H. Boukadi, M. Sahraoui, A. C. Seibi & A. Barhoumi, “A mathematical model to simulate gas-oil gravity drainage in naturally-fractured oil-wet reservoir,” Journal of Porous Media, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 585-592, 2009.
A. Karrech & A. C. Seibi, “Analytical model for the expansion of tubes under tension,” Journal of Materials Processing Technology, vol. 210, pp. 356 – 362, 2009.
F. T. Akyildiz, D. A. Siginer, K. Vajravelu, J .R. Cannon & R. A. Van Gorder, “Similarity solutions of the boundary layer equations for a non-linearly stretching sheet,” Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/106560971/issue , June 19 2009.
F. T. Akyildiz & D. A. Siginer, “Galerkin-Legendre spectral method for the velocity and thermal boundary layers over a non-linearly stretching sheet,” Non-Linear Analysis: Real World Applications, http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/620392/description#description, January 12 2009.
S. Sharma, D. A. Siginer, R. K. Dukipatti & K. A. Soschinske, “Effect of fiber sizing-test fluid interaction on the unsaturated and saturated flow in the VARTM process,” Journal of Composite Materials, vol. 43, no.15, pp.1589-1601, 2009.
S. I. Bakhtiyarov & D. A. Siginer, “Electromagnetic levitation, part III: Thermophysical property measurements in microgravity,” Fluid Dynamics and Materials Processing, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 1-23, 2009.
S. Jiang, P. G. Voulgaris, L. E. Holloway & L. A. Thompson, “Distributed control of large segmented telescopes,” Journal of Vibration and Control, vol. 15, no.6, pp. 923-949, 2009.
R. Zhang, “A recording-based approach for identifying seismic site liquefaction and non-linearity via HHT data analysis,” Advances in Adaptive Data Analysis, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 89-123, 2009.
Conference Proceedings
P. C. Ho, Y. F. Yap, N. T. Nguyen, J. C. Chai, T. N. Wong & L. Yobas, “Numerical investigation of thermally mediated droplet formation in a T-junction,” in Proceedings of ASME International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, Pohang, South Korea, June 22-24, 2009.
K. C. Leong, H. Y. Li, L. W. Jin & J. C. Chai, “Convective heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics of graphite foam heat sinks with complex structures,” in Proceedings of the 7th World Conference on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Krakow, Poland, June 28-July 3, 2009.
K. C. Leong, H. Y. Li, L. W. Jin & J. C. Chai, “Two-phase flow and heat in porous graphite foams,” in Proceedings of the 11th U.K. National Heat Transfer Conference, London, U.K., September 6-8, 2009.
L. W. Jin, H. Y. Li, K. C. Leong & J. C. Chai, “Experimental and numerical study of forced convection in novel graphite foam heat sinks,” in Proceedings of the 11th U.K. National Heat Transfer Conference, London, U.K., September 6-8, 2009.
H. Y. Li, K. C. Leong, L. W. Jin & J. C. Chai, “Analysis of flow and heat transfer in a channel with staggered porous blocks,” in Proceedings of the 11th U.K. National Heat Transfer Conference, London, U.K., September 6-8, 2009.
V. Eveloy, “OFCs: Analysis of carbon deposition,” in Proceedings of the 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2009), Lake Buena Vista, FL, U.S.A., November 13-19, 2009.
F. L. Tan, W. Shen & S. C. Fok, “Thermal performance of PCM-cool mobile phone,” in CD ROM Proceedings of the 11th Electronics Packaging Technology International Conference, Singapore, December 9-11, 2009
A. Goharzadeh & P. Rodgers, “Experimental characterization of slug flow velocity distribution in two phase pipe flow,” in Proceedings of the 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2009), Lake Buena Vista, FL, U.S.A., November 13-19, 2009.
A. Goharzadeh, A. Molki, P. Rodgers & S. Bojanampati, “Enhancing the learning of multiphase flow measurement techniques in a modern mechanical engineering program,” in Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Lake Buena Vista, Fl, U.S.A., November 13-19, 2009.
E. Gunister & T. N. Tarfa, “Mechanical and thermal characterization of polyethylene-clay nanocomposites,” in APST 2009, Linz, Austria, July 2009.
M. D. Islam, K. Oyakawa, M. Yaga & I. Kubo, “Comparative studies on the effect of duct height on heat transfer and flow behavior between co-angular and co-rotating type finned surface in duct,” in CD ROM Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications, ICTEA 2009, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., January 12-14, 2009.
M. D. Islam, M. Al-Shehi & M. Ohadi, “Emerging applications in cryogenics-nitrogen injection for reservoir enhanced oil recovery,” in CD ROM Proceedings of the Annual ASHRAE Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A., June 20-24, 2009.
N. Kharoua, L. Khezzar & Z. Nemouchi, “CFD simulation of the effects of free gas on the flow behavior inside a liquid-liquid hydrocyclone,” in Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Thermal Engineering, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., January 12-14, 2009, pp. 64.
N. Kharoua, L. Khezzar & Z. Nemouchi, “CFD simulation of liquid-liquid hydrocyclone:oil/water application,” in ASME Fluid Engineering Division Summer Meeting, Vail, Colorado, U.S.A., August 2-5, 2009.
N. Kharoua, L. Khezzar & Z. Nemouchi, “CFD Prediction of Pressure Drop and Flow Field in Standard Gas Cyclones Models,” in ASME Fluid Engineering Division Summer Meeting , Vail, Colorado, U.S.A., August 2-5, 2009.
L. Khezzar & S. Al Alawi “Analysis of plane sudden expansion flows using CFD and artificial neural networks,” in International Conference Modeling Simulation and Applied Optimization, American University of Sharjah, U.A.E., January 20-22, 2009.
L. Khezzar & D. A. Siginer, “Natural convection in inclined two dimensional rectangular cavities,” in Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Summer Conference, Vail, Colorado, U.S.A., August 2-5, 2009.
L. Khezzar & D. A. Siginer, “Natural Convection with Non-Newtonian Shear-Thinning Power Law Fluids in Inclined two Dimensional Rectangular Cavities,” in Proceedings of the 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE2009), Lake Buena Vista, FL, U.S.A., November 13-19, 2009.
S. Mahani & A. Molki, “Facilitating gulf students by means of blended learning and innovative educational technology,” in Proceedings of the International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI 2009), Madrid, Spain, 2009.
P. Rodgers & V. Eveloy, “Ten years of thermal analysis at EuroSimE - What’s next?” in Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Multi-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Micro-Electronics and MicroSystems, Delft, Netherlands, April 27- 29, 2009.
A. Bar-Cohen, P. Luckow & P. Rodgers, “Minimum mass polymer seawater heat exchanger for LNG applications,” in Proceedings of the International Symposium on Convective Heat and Mass Transfer in Sustainable Energy, Tunisia, April 26-May 1, 2009.
P. Rodgers, S. Bojanampati, A. Goharzadeh, A. Molki & V. Eveloy, “Innovative thermofluids experiments for modern mechanical engineering education,” in Proceedings of the 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE2009), Lake Buena Vista, FL, U.S.A., November 13-19, 2009.
H. Al-Hashimi, A. C. Seibi & A. Molki, “Experimental study and numerical simulation of domes under wind load,” in Proceedings of ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, July 26-30, 2009.
A. Khalaf, Y. Al-Tartoor, A. C. Seibi & A. Karrech, “GRE pipeline installation procedures: a field case study,” in ASME PVP Division Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, July 26-30, 2009.
A. Al-Raisi, M. Al-Hammadi, A. C. Seibi & L. Khezzar, “Water sloshing in rectangular tanks – an experimental investigation & numerical simulation,” in Fourth International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., January 12-14, 2009.
S. Sharma & D. A. Siginer, “VARTM process improvement for repeatable and improved mechanical properties of composite laminates,” in Proceedings of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Mechanical Engineering Conference & Exposition (IMECE2009), Lake Buena Vista, Florida, U.S.A., November 13-19, 2009.
F. M. Letelier, D. A. Siginer, C. Vera & J. Stockle, “Friction law for the flow of bingham fluids in channels of arbitrary cross sectional shapes,” in Proceedings of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Mechanical Engineering Conference & Exposition (IMECE2009), Lake Buena Vista, Florida, U.S.A., November 13-19, 2009.
F. M. Letelier, D. A. Siginer & J.Stockle, “Magnetically induced complex pressure pulses in micro-channels,” in Proceedings of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Mechanical Engineering Conference & Exposition, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, U.S.A., November 13-19, 2009.
S. Sharma & D. A. Siginer, “Prediction of permeability based on acoustical method and comparison with flow based techniques,” in Proceedings of the American Society for Composites 24th Annual Technical Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, U.S.A., September 15-17, 2009.
S. Sharma, D. A. Siginer, R. K. Dukipatti & K. A.Soschinske, “Effect of fiber sizing – test fluid interaction on the unsaturated and saturated flow in the VARTM process,” in Proceedings of the American Society for Composites 24th Annual Technical Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, U.S.A., September 15-17, 2009.
S. Sharma & D. A. Siginer, “Determination of physical properties of isotropic porous materials by impedance tube,” in Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Summer Conference, Vail, Colorado, U.S.A., August 2-5, 2009.
S. Sharma & D. A. Siginer, “Permeability measurement of orthotropic fibers under an acoustic force field,” in Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Summer Conference, Vail, Colorado, U.S.A., August 2-5, 2009.
F. T. Akyildiz & D. A. Siginer, “Natural convection and heat transfer of a Newtonian fluid in vertical porous channels and second order non-linear systems,” in 5th International Conference on Dynamical Systems and Applications, Ovidius University of Constanta, Constanta, Romania, June 15-18, 2009.
A. Sarwar, P. G. Voulgaris & S. Salapaka, “On l∞ performance of slowly varying spatiotemporal systems,” in American Control Conference, St. Louis, MS, U.S.A., June 2009.
