The present study aims to investigate crack presence in a rigid steel beam so that it can be considered in structural design. A finite element method (FEM) had been used with the Ansys 16.1 software to simulate the whole steel body with three different forces and moments with a magnitude force subjected at the free end of the beam. The steel rod had been considered as simple cantilever to be modelled by the software. Von Mises stress had been considered in the simulation process where the maximum value of stress due to applied load and moment was 1.9 MPa. Total deformation of the whole body had also been considered to instigate the maximum deformation (4.3mm) due to applied loads and moments. Furthermore, MATLAB and through fuzzy logic had been used to assist in the investigation of cracks. Both approaches had been governed by the Euler-Bernoulli theory for free vibration of motion equations. The other aim of this study is to evaluate results received from the Ansys with MATLAB for the same boundary conditions as the case.

The current study focused on statistically investigating nanofluids' turbulent flow and rate of heat transfer in double pipe heat exchanger with rod inserts. Through the use of numerical simulation, the effects which the various kinds of nanofluids have on the enhancement of heat transfer using finite volume method (FVM) are studied. An application of homogeneous heat flux is made to the tube wall. More so, an examination of the effect of three varying slant angles of rod insert (α = 25°, 30°, 45°) was carried out at varying Reynolds number ranging from 7500 -20000. The statistical results revealed that the coefficient of transferring heat in the tube containing rod inserts is higher than that of the smooth tube. In addition, results also showed that when rod insert are used in double pipe heat exchanger to augment the Nusselt number increases the slant angle. The max value of Nusselt number was demonstrated at the angle 45° of rod insert. Through the use of the rod inserts at (α=45°) and (S = 30mm), the coefficient of maximal skin friction was determined because of the resistance of larger flow. The maximal value of the Performance Evaluation Criteria (PEC) was mentioned in the case of min slant angle of (α = 25°) and the pitch distance of S = 30 mm.

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In this study, computational analysis has been carried out using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). These calculations have been made to investigate the rheological behavior of the mixed-phase flow in horizontal pipelines. In order to study the shear stress in a vertical pipe, a new numerical model for oil-water dispersion in three dimensions has been developed. CFD software has been used to study the wall shear stress function and water droplet pressure. Using Reynolds numbers and the Navier-Stokes equations with k–turbulence factor to save energy, the flow range for the continuous process was explained. The results from a recent study on experimental methodology were simulated. In this study, the diameter of the tube is 40 mm and the length is 3.5 m and modeled and analyzed using Ansys software. Thus, the geometry has been imported and modeled using the CFD tool. The meshed model has been tested and converged accordingly. The primary data of the simulation have been verified with experimental results successfully. Oil droplet widths have previously been thought to be dependent on the flow Reynolds number, which was confirmed in this case study. Droplet diameter Dd was measured at 6 mm while the mixture moved at a speed of 1.9 m/s. It was found that the largest shear stress value was found at the top of the pipe, where the oil fraction (cut-off) was 0.3, in the simulation results for varied velocities (1.6, 2.5, 2.9 m/s) and oil fraction (cut-off) values. The results of the simulation analysis of the two-phase flow of crude oil for the horizontal pipe are wall shear stresses with different velocities for crude oil in the two-phase flow. As well as pressure drop at different velocities for the same fluids