Mechanical engineering series 

About: Mechanical engineering series is an academic journal published by Springer Nature. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Heat transfer & Chemistry. It has an ISSN identifier of 0941-5122. Over the lifetime, 20 publications have been published receiving 6 citations. The journal is also known as: Mechanical engineering series (New York. Print).

Mechanical Behavior of Materials

Abstract: This textbook supports a range of core courses in undergraduate materials and mechanical engineering curricula given at leading universities globally.

A Framework on Electrochemical Machining of ABS-15% Al Composite

Abstract: In commercial practice, electrochemical machining (ECM) is being widely used for material removal of electrically conducting workpiece. But hitherto little has been reported on ECM of thermoplastic composites due to limited electrical conductivity. In the present work, injection moulded acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) matrix with reinforcement of 15% Al (by weight) sample has been selected for machining by ECM as a case study. The ABS-15% Al composite has been selected based upon previous studies reported for joining of dissimilar thermoplastics on the basis of rheological property. This chapter represents machining capability of ABS-15% Al with ECM. The upshot of this study shows that the machining of thermoplastic material reinforced with Al powder can be performed with the help of ECM. The results were analysed with the help of scanning electron microscope (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) data.

Flow Boiling of Dilute Emulsions in a Microgap

Abstract: Advances in pool and flow boiling of dilute emulsions are reviewed. The current consensus is that pool boiling is initiated on nucleation sites on the surface and that increased heat transfer coefficients are a result of mixing produced by vapor bubbles of the disperse component in the thermal boundary layer. Visualization of the boiling process substantiates this conclusion. Current understanding of the influence of various quantities on the convective heat transfer coefficient is enumerated with respect to the underlying thermodynamics and energy transport. Various models for boiling of emulsions are discussed, including droplet contact with the heated surface, droplet and bubble collisions, and chain boiling. Key modeling elements are how interphase transport and droplet interactions affect nucleation rates and droplet behavior within the viscous and thermal boundary layers at and near a heated surface. Experimental results are described for flow boiling of dilute emulsions of FC72-in-water in microgaps of several sizes, mass flux, and emulsion volume fraction. The emulsion heat transfer and pressure drop results are compared to boiling of water at similar experimental conditions, and conditions when emulsions increase heat transfer are identified.