reseracher placholder
Projects

3

Publications

109

Awards

3

Contact Details

Professor

Biography

Experimental, analytical and numerical techniques and skills: PIV, scaling analysis, computational fluid dynamics, Large-eddy simulation, and turbulence modeling.

Renewable energy: solar thermal systems including solar air collectors, solar water heaters, solar houses, solar drying, solar and thermal energy storage with water and phase change materials, and mini hydropower system.

Thermal engineering: Natural convection and heat transfer mechanisms in various thermal energy systems, building cooling/heating and ventilation, thermal management, electrical vehicles, and heat exchange technologies.

Fluids/environmental engineering: buoyancy-driven flows; mixing and entrainment in various environments, buoyant jets in different fluids including waste water discharge into rivers/oceans, and particle transport in fluids.

Research

Research Interests

Building Heating and Ventilation

Buoyancy-Driven Flows

Turbulence Modelling

Turbulent Flows

Solar Thermal Engineering

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Natural Convection Heat Transfer

Buoyant Jets

Entrainment and Mixing

Boundary Layers

Projects
Prototype of a Cost Effective Thermal Energy Storage System for Air-conditioning Photovoltaic-Powered Homes
27 May 2024 - 30 Jun 2025
Entrainment and mixing in turbulent negatively buoyant jets and fountains (Old ID 22048)
05 Apr 2016 - 04 Apr 2019
Thermal stratification, overturning and mixing in riverine environments (Old ID 21650)
16 Jan 2015 - 15 Jan 2018

Teaching

Teaching Interests

Energy Technologies

Fluid Mechanics

Dynamics

Research Advisor Accreditation
Advisor Type

Mentor

Activities

Employment
Associate Professor, James Cook University
2010 - 2015
ARC Australian Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Sydney
2004 - 2006
Head, Mechanical Engineering Discipline, James Cook University
2010
Professor, James Cook University
2016
Senior Lecturer, James Cook University
2006 - 2009
ARC Research Associate, The University of Sydney
Research Professor, Texas Tech University
Postdoctural Research Fellow, Texas Tech University
Associations
Secretary and Executive Committee Member, Australasian Fluid and Thermal Engineering Society (AFTES)
2008
Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
2000
Executive Committee Member, Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society (AFMS)
2012 - 2018
Associate Editor, Energy - The International Journal
1992 - 1998
Awards
JCU Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
2015
Australian Awards for University Teaching: Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, the Office for Learning and Teaching, Australian Government
2015
Dean’s Research Excellence Award – Research Group, JCU
2006

Output

Scaling laws for natural convection boundary layer of a Pr > 1 fluid on a vertical solid surface subject to a sinusoidal temperature in a linearly-stratified ambient fluid
2024
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W.; Khatamifar, Mehdi (2024) 'Scaling laws for natural convection boundary. Physics of Fluids, 36 (1). [DOI] ...
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Direct numerical simulation of “fountain filling box” flow with a confined weak laminar plane fountain
2023
Dong, Liqiang; Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, Steven W.; Kirkpatrick, Michael P.; Williamson, Nicholas; Kha...
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Maximum Penetration Height and Intrusion Speed of Weak Symmetric Plane Fountains in Linearly Stratified Fluids
2023
Inam, Mohammad I.; Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, Steven W.; Khatamifar, Mehdi (2023) 'Maximum Penetration . Fluids, 8 (4). [DOI] ...
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Alternative Internal Configurations for Enhancing Heat Transfer in Telecommunication Cabinets
2023
Jobby, Antony; Khatamifar, Mehdi; Lin, Wenxian (2023) 'Alternative Internal Configurations for Enhan. Energies, 16 (8). [DOI] ...
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A Review of Gravitational Water Vortex Hydro Turbine Systems for Hydropower Generation
2023
Maika, Nosare; Lin, Wenxian; Khatamifar, Mehdi (2023) 'A Review of Gravitational Water Vortex Hydro . Energies, 16 . [DOI] ...
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Effect of Thermal Stratification in Meandering Turbulent Open-Channel Flow with Varying Sinuosity
2023
Nguyen, Duy; Kirkpatrick, Michael; Williamson, Nicholas; Armfield, Steven; Lin, Wenxian (2023) 'Effe. Jo, ...
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Experimental investigation of static pressure characteristics in a slotted short pin array
2023
Cowley, Joshua; Khatamifar, Mehdi; Lin, Wenxian; Erskine, Daniel (2023) 'Experimental investigation . Experimental Heat Transfe, 36 (4):564-583. [DOI] ...
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Thermal performance of dynamic, origami‐inspired geometries: An experimental study
2023
Ahmed, Farhan; Khatamifar, Mehdi; Lin, Wenxian; Situ, Rong (2023) 'Thermal performance of dynamic, o. Heat Transfer, 52 (5):3799-3816. [DOI] ...
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Experimental study of flow visualisation using fluorescent dye
2022
Di Bella, Brody; Khatamifar, Mehdi; Lin, Wenxian (2022) 'Experimental study of flow visualisation us. Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 87 . [DOI] ...
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Effects of meander curvature in thermally stratified turbulent open-channel flow
2022
Nguyen, D.; Kirkpatrick, M.P.; Williamson, N.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, W. (2022) 'Effects of meander cu. Physics of Fluids, 34 (9). [DOI] ...
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Linear temporal stability analysis on cross sheared flow: the stabilization effects via cross shear
2022
Xiao, Yuan; Lin, Wenxian (2022) 'Linear temporal stability analysis on cross sheared flow: the stabi. Physics of Fluids, 34 . [DOI] ...
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Linear temporal stability analysis on the inviscid sheared convective boundary layer flow
2022
Xiao, Yuan; Lin, Wenxian; Ding, Junling (2022) 'Linear temporal stability analysis on the inviscid s. Physics of Fluids, 34 . [DOI] ...
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Turbulence structure in a very sharp thermally stratified open-channel meander
2022
Nguyen, Duy; Kirkpatrick, Michael P.; Williamson, N.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, W. (2022) 'Turbulence str. Physics of F, 34 . [DOI ...
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Thermal Entrainment in the Core Regions of Transitional Plane Fountains in Linearly Stratified Ambient Fluids
2022
Inam, M.I.; Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W. (2022) 'Thermal Entrainment in the Core Regions of Transiti. International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 14 (3). [DOI] ...
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Experimental and numerical studies of the orientation effect on the natural convection heat dissipation of composite polymer heat sinks
2022
Peng, Da; Khatamifar, Mehdi; Lin, Wenxian (2022) 'Experimental and numerical studies of the orientat. Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer, 29 (6):1-26. [DOI] ...
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Scaling laws for natural convection boundary layer of a Pr > 1 fluid on a vertical solid surface subject to a sinusoidal heating flux in a linearly stratified ambient
2022
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S. W.; Khatamifar, Mehdi (2022) 'Scaling laws for natural convection boundar. Heat Transfer, 51 (4):2956-2976. [DOI] ...
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Experimental study on the intrusion and stratification produced by confined laminar and turbulent round fountains
2021
Dong, Liqiang; Lin, Wenxian; Khatamifar, Mehdi (2021) 'Experimental study on the intrusion and strat. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flo, 89 :1-26. [DOI] ...
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Scalings for unsteady natural convection boundary layer under time-varying heating flux in a small Prandtl number fluid
2021
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W.; Khatamifar, Mehdi (2021) 'Scalings for unsteady natural convection bou. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 27 . [DOI] ...
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Direct numerical simulation of confined weak round fountains in homogeneous ambient
2021
Dong, Liqiang; Lin, Wenxian; Khatamifar, Mehdi (2021) 'Direct numerical simulation of confined weak . Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 28 . [DOI] ...
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Linear temporal stability analysis on non-parallel free cross sheared flow with a primary hyperbolic velocity and an orthogonal Bickley jet velocity
2021
Xiao, Yuan; Lin, Wenxian (2021) 'Linear temporal stability analysis on non-parallel free cross shear. Physics of Fluids, 33 . [DOI] ...
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Experimental investigation of orientation and geometry effect on additive manufactured aluminium LED heat sinks under natural convection
2021
Tucker, Robert; Khatamifar, Mehdi; Lin, Wenxian; McDonald, Kyle (2021) 'Experimental investigation o. Thermal Science and Engine, 23 . [DOI] ...
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Transient conjugate natural convection heat transfer in a differentially-heated square cavity with a partition of finite thickness and thermal conductivity
2021
Khatamifar, Mehdi; Lin, Wenxian; Dong, Liqiang (2021) 'Transient conjugate natural convection heat t. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 25 . [DOI] ...
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Experimental study on the heat dissipation performance of straight and oblique fin heat sinks made of thermal conductive composite polymers
2021
Timbs, Kalen; Khatamifar, Mehdi; Antunes, Elsa; Lin, Wenxian (2021) 'Experimental study on the heat . Thermal Science and Engineeri, 22 . [DOI] ...
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Natural convection in a cavity with time-varying thermal forcing on a sidewall
2020
Zhou, L.; Armfield, S.W.; Williamson, N.; Kirkpatrick, M.P.; Lin, W. (2020) 'Natural convection in a. International Journal, 150 . [DOI] ...
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Prandtl number scalings for unsteady natural convection boundary-layer flow on an evenly heated vertical plate in a homogeneous Pr > 1 fluid
2020
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W. (2020) 'Prandtl number scalings for unsteady natural convection boundar. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 77 (6):619-631. [DOI] ...
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Characteristics of unsteadiness for transitional plane fountains in linearly stratified fluids
2019
Inam, Mohammad Ilias; Lin, Wenxian; Williamson, N.; Armfield, S.W.; He, Yinghe (2019) 'Characteristi. Internation, 100 :83-9...
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Natural convection boundary-layer flow on an evenly heated vertical plate with time-varying heating flux in a stratified Pr < 1 fluid
2019
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, Steven W. (2019) 'Natural convection boundary-layer flow on an evenly heated. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 76 (6):393-419. [DOI] ...
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Conjugate natural convection heat transfer in a partitioned differentially-heated square cavity
2017
Khatamifar, Mehdi; Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W.; Holmes, David; Kirkpatrick, M.P. (2017) 'Conjugate . Internat, 81 :92...
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Interaction behavior of triple transitional round fountains in a homogeneous fluid
2016
Mahmud, Hasan; Lin, Wenxian; Gao, Wenfeng; Armfield, S.W.; He, Yinghe (2016) 'Interaction behavior o. International Journa, 62 (Part B):437-45...
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Scalings for unsteady natural convection boundary layers on a vertical plate at time-dependent temperature
2016
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W. (2016) 'Scalings for unsteady natural convection boundary layers on a v. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 111 :78-99. [DOI] ...
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Stability and Nusselt number scaling for inclined differentially heated cavity flow
2016
Williamson, N.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, Wenxian; Kirkpatrick, M.P. (2016) 'Stability and Nusselt number. International Journal of H, 97 :787-793. [DOI] ...
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Correlations for maximum penetration heights of transitional plane fountains in linearly stratified fluids
2016
Inam, Mohammad Ilias; Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W.; He, Yinghe (2016) 'Correlations for maximum pene. International Communication, 77 :64-77. [DOI] ...
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A parametric study on the thermal performance of unglazed solar water collectors with their colorbond steel absorber plates also used as roofs
2015
Walsh, Matthew; Lin, Wenxian (2015) 'A parametric study on the thermal performance of unglazed solar. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREEN ENERGY, 12 (12):1309-1322. [DOI] ...
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Behavior of the interaction between twin transitional round fountains in a homogeneous fluid, Part 2: numerical study
2015
Mahmud, Hasan; Lin, Wenxian; Gao, Wenfeng; Armfield, St.W.; He, Yinghe (2015) 'Behavior of the inter. International Journ, 86 :973-991. [DO ...
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Behavior of the interaction between twin transitional round fountains in a homogeneous fluid, Part 1: experimental study
2015
Mahmud, Hasan; Lin, Wenxian; Gao, Wenfeng; Hill, Blair; Armfield, S.W.; He, Yinghe (2015) 'Behavior . Interna, 86 :9...
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Bifurcation of natural convection flow in an inclined differentially heated closed square cavity
2015
Williamson, N.; Armfield, S.W.; Kirkpatrick, M.P; Lin, Wenxian (2015) 'Bifurcation of natural convec. 7 (5-6):417-425. [DOI] ...
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Asymmetry and penetration of transitional plane fountains in stratified fluid
2015
Inam, Mohammad Ilias; Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W.; He, Yinghe (2015) 'Asymmetry and penetration of . International Journal of He, 90 :1125-1142. [DOI] ...
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Scalings for unsteady natural convection boundary layers on an evenly heated plate with time-dependent heating flux
2013
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W. (2013) 'Scalings for unsteady natural convection boundary layers on an . Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Ph, E88 (6):1-17. [DOI] ...
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Behaviour of laminar plane fountains with a parabolic inlet velocity profile in a homogeneous fluid
2013
Srinarayana, N.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, Wenxian (2013) 'Behaviour of laminar plane fountains with a pa. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 67 :87-95. [DOI] ...
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Unified Prandtl number scaling for start-up and fully developed natural-convection boundary layers for both Pr ≳1 and Pr ≳1 fluids with isothermal heating
2012
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W. (2012) 'Unified Prandtl number scaling for start-up and fully developed. PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 86 (6):1-10. [DOI] ...
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Forced turbulent fountain flow behaviour
2011
Williamson, Nicholas; Armfield, Steven W.; Lin, Wenxian (2011) 'Forced turbulent fountain flow behav. 671 :535-558. [DOI] ...
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Line fountain behavior at low-Reynolds number
2010
Srinarayana, N.; Williamson, N.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, Wenxian (2010) 'Line fountain behavior at low-. International Journal of Hea, 53 (9-10):2065-2073. [DOI ...
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Transition behaviour of weak turbulent fountains
2010
Williamson, N.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, Wenxian (2010) 'Transition behaviour of weak turbulent fountain. 655 :306-326. [DOI] ...
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Scaling for unsteady thermo-magnetic convection boundary layer of paramagnetic fluids of Pr > 1 in micro-gravity conditions
2009
Bednarz, Tomasz P.; Lin, Wenxian; Patterson, John C.; Lei, Chengwang; Armfield, Steven W. (2009) 'Sc. ...
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Numerical simulation of three-dimensional flow dynamics in a hot water storage tank
2009
Ievers, Simon; Lin, Wenxian (2009) 'Numerical simulation of three-dimensional flow dynamics in a hot. Applied Energy, 86 (12):2604-2614. [DOI] ...
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Scaling of unsteady natural convection boundary layers with a non-instantaneous initiation
2009
Patterson, John C.; Lei, Chengwang; Armfield, Steve W.; Lin, Wenxian (2009) 'Scaling of unsteady nat. International Journal, 48 (10):1843-1852. ...
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Impinging plane fountains in a homogeneous fluid
2009
Srinarayana, N.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, W.X. (2009) 'Impinging plane fountains in a homogeneous fluid'. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 52 :2614-2623. [DOI] ...
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Laminar plane fountains impinging on a ceiling with an opposing heat flux
2009
Srinarayana, N.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, Wenxian (2009) 'Laminar plane fountains impinging on a ceiling. International Journal of Heat and Mass Trans, 52 :4545-4552. [DOI] ...
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Prandtl number scaling of unsteady natural convection boundary layers for Pr>1 fluids under isothermal heating
2009
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W.; Patterson, J.C.; Lei, Chengwang (2009) 'Prandtl number scaling of unst. Physical Review E (Statistic, 79 (6). [DOI] ...
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Direct numerical simulation of turbulent intermediate Froude number fountain flow
2008
Williamson, N.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, W. (2008) 'Direct numerical simulation of turbulent intermediat. 50 :16-30. ...
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Height and stability of laminar plane fountains in a homogeneous fluid
2008
Srinarayana, N.; McBain, G.D.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, W.X. (2008) 'Height and stability of laminar pla. International Journal of Heat and, 51 :4717-4727. [DOI] ...
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Low-Reynolds-number fountain behaviour
2008
Williamson, N.; Srinarayana, N.; Armfield, S.W.; McBain, G.D.; Lin, W. (2008) 'Low-Reynolds-number f. 608 :297-317. [DOI ...
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Onset of entrainment in transitional round fountains
2008
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W. (2008) 'Onset of entrainment in transitional round fountains'. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 51 :5226-5237. [DOI] ...
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Unsteady natural convection boundary-layer flow of a linearly-stratified fluid with Pr < 1 on an evenly heated semi-infinite vertical plate
2008
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W.; Patterson, J.C. (2008) 'Unsteady natural convection boundary-layer flo. International Journal of Heat and Mass Trans, 51 :327-343. [DOI] ...
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Direct simulation of transitional plane fountains in a homogeneous fluid
2007
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W.; Patterson, J.C. (2007) 'Direct simulation of transitional plane founta. 48 :692-708. ...
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Analytical and experimental studies on the thermal performance of cross-corrugated and flat-plate solar air heaters
2007
Gao, Wenfeng; Lin, Wenxian; Liu, Tao; Xia, Chaofeng (2007) 'Analytical and experimental studies on t. Applied Energy, 84 :425-441. [DOI] ...
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Scaling investigation of the natural convection boundary layer on an evenly heated plate
2007
Armfield, S.W.; Patterson, John C.; Lin, Wenxian (2007) 'Scaling investigation of the natural convec. International Journal of Heat and Mass Tr, 50 (7-8):1592-1602. [DOI] ...
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Cooling of a Pr<1 fluid in a rectangular container
2007
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W.; Patterson, John C. (2007) 'Cooling of a Pr<1 fluid in a rectangular co. 574 :85-108. [DOI] ...
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Boundary-element method simulation of the impact of bounding walls on the dynamics of a particle group freely moving in a wide-gap Couette flow
2006
Lin, Wenxian; Yi, Jidong; Graham, A.L.; Liu, Tao; Xia, Chaofeng; Ingber, M.S.; Leggoe, J.W.; Abbott,...
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A parametric study on the thermal performance of cross-corrugated solar air collectors
2006
Lin, Wenxian; Gao, Wenfeng; Liu, Tao (2006) 'A parametric study on the thermal performance of cross-. 26 (10):1043-1053. [DOI] ...
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Boundary-element simulation of hydrodynamic interaction of two smooth spheres suspended in an unbounded Couette flow
2006
Liu, Tao; Lin, Wenxian; Xia, Chaofeng; Graham, A.L.; Ingber, M.S.; Abbott, J.R.; Leggoe, J.W. (2006)...
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Progress on direct numerical simulation of weak negatively buoyant jets
2005
Lin, Wenxian; Liu, Tao (2005) 'Progress on direct numerical simulation of weak negatively buoyant je. 20 (6):694-707. ...
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Unsteady natural convection on an evenly heated vertical plate for Prandtl number Pr<1
2005
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W. (2005) 'Unsteady natural convection on an evenly heated vertical plate . Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Ph, 72 (6):066309-1. [DOI] ...
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Scaling laws for unsteady natural convection cooling of fluid with Prandtl number less than one in a vertical cylinder
2005
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, SW (2005) 'Scaling laws for unsteady natural convection cooling of fluid wit. Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Phys, 72 (1):016306-016306. [DOI] ...
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Long-term behaviour of cooling fluid in a vertical cylinder
2005
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, SW (2005) 'Long-term behaviour of cooling fluid in a vertical cylinder'. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 48 :53-66. [DOI] ...
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Hydrodynamic interaction of two neutrally-buoyant smooth spheres suspended in plane Poiseuille flow: the BEM simulations versus the MoR approximations
2005
Lin, W.; Graham, A.L.; Ingber, M.S.; Abbott, J.R.; Leggoe, J.W. (2005) 'Hydrodynamic interaction of . 36 (4):307-319. [DOI] ...
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Direct simulation of fountains with intermediate Froude and Reynolds numbers
2004
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W. (2004) 'Direct simulation of fountains with intermediate Froude and Rey. 45 :66-77. ...
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Long-term behavior of cooling fluid in a rectangular container
2004
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W. (2004) 'Long-term behavior of cooling fluid in a rectangular container'. Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Ph, 69 (5):056315-1. [DOI] ...
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The Reynolds and Prandtl number dependence of weak fountains
2003
Lin, W.; Armfield, S.W. (2003) 'The Reynolds and Prandtl number dependence of weak fountains'. 31 (5):379-389. [DOI] ...
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Weak fountains in a stratified fluid
2002
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W. (2002) 'Weak fountains in a stratified fluid'. Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Ph, 66 (6):066308-1. [DOI] ...
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Direct numerical simulation of boundary layer start-up on semi-infinite vertical flat plates for buoyant and non-buoyant flows
2002
Morgan, P.L.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, Wenxian; Patterson, J.C. (2002) 'Direct numerical simulation of b. 11 (1):18-26. ...
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Natural convection cooling of rectangular and cylindrical containers
2001
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, SW (2001) 'Natural convection cooling of rectangular and cylindrical contain. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 22 :72-81. [DOI] ...
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Direct simulation of weak axisymmetric fountains in a homogeneous fluid
2000
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S. W. (2000) 'Direct simulation of weak axisymmetric fountains in a homogene. 403 :67-88. [DOI] ...
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Natural convection in a cavity with time-dependent flux boundary
2021
Zhou, Linjing; Armfield, Steven; Williamson, Nicholas; Kirkpatrick, Michael; Lin, Wenxian (2021) 'Na I,...
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Bubble dynamics in a diesel exhaust wet scrubber
2020
Abdulwahid, A.; Situ, R.; Brown, Ri.; Lin, W. (2020) AFCM2020: 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Con...
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Natural convection in a cavity with time-dependent flux boundary
2020
Zhou, L.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, W. (2020) AFCM2020: 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference . In...
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Thermodynamic analysis of a diesel exhaust wet scrubber
2020
Abdulwahid, A.; Situ, R.; Brown, R.; Lin, W. (2020) AFCM2020: 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conf...
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Numerical simulation for entrainment of forced turbulent fountains
2019
Awin, L.A.; Armfield, S.W.; Williamson, N.; Kirkpatrick, M.P.; Lin, W. (2019) ANZIAM Journal [electr...
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Natural convection stratification and scaling in a cavity with unsteady sidewall heating
2018
Zhou, Linjing; Armfield, Steven; Williamson, Nicholas; Kirkpatrick, Michael; Lin, Wenxian (2018) ICO...
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A review on ocean acidification as a result of shipping emissions in harbors
2017
Gharahjeh, Siamak; Situ, Rong; He, Yinghe; Lin, Wenxian; Brown, Richard (2017) Australasian Coasts &...
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Transient natural convection flow in a cavity subject to time-varying sidewall heating and cooling
2016
Zhou, L.; Armfield, S.W.; Williamson, N.; Kirkpatrick, M.P.; Lin, Wenxian (2016) AFMC 2016: 20th Aus...
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Transient laminar conjugate natural convection in a cavity with a finite thickness and conductivity partition
2016
Khatamifar, M.; Lin, W.; Holmes, D.; Armfield, S.W.; Kirkpatrick, M.P. (2016) AFMC 2016: 20th Austra...
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Hydrodynamic stability analysis of sheared convective boundary layer flows in stratified environments
2015
Xiao, Y.; Lin, W.; He, Y.; Armfield, S.W.; Kirkpatrick, M.P. (2015) TSFP-9: 9th Symposium on Turbule...
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Turbulent mixing in cross sheared stratified flow
2015
Xiao, Y.; Lin, W.; McCormack, J.; He, Y.; Armfield, S.W.; Kirkpatrick, M.P. (2015) TSFP-9: 9th Sympo...
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Hydrodynamic stability analysis on inviscid cross sheared stratified flows
2014
Xiao, Y.; Lin, W.; Armfield, S.W.; Kirkpatrick, M.P.; He, Y. (2014) AFMC 2014: 19th Australasian Flu...
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A thermo-fluid study of a diesel engine wet scrubber
2014
Hoque, N.; Situ, R.; Hagan, W.; Almedia, J.; Lin, W.; Brown, R.J. (2014) AFMC 2014: 19th Australasia...
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Natural convection in an inclined differentially heated square cavity
2014
Armfield, Steven W.; Kirkpatrick, M.P.; Williamson, Nicholas; Lin, Wenxian (2014) IHTC-15: 15th Inte...
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Asymmetric transition for high froude number plane fountains in linearly stratified fluids
2014
Inam, Mohammad Ilias; Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, Steven W.; He, Yinghe (2014) IHTC-15: 15th Internation...
Conference Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Scaling analysis of unsteady natural convection boundary layers on an evenly heated plate with a time-dependent temperature
2014
Lin, W.; Armfield, S.W.; Liu, T.; Gao, W. (2014) AFMC 2014: 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Confer...
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Nusselt number scaling in an inclined differentially heated square cavity
2014
Armfield, S.W.; Williamson, N.; Lin, Wenxian; Kirkpatrick, M.P. (2014) AFMC 2014: 19th Australasian ...
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Direct numeric simulation of sheared convective boundary layer mixing and entrainment
2014
Stewart, N.J.; Holmes, D.W.; Lin, W. (2014) AFMC 2014: 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference ...
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Penetration height and onset of asymmetric behaviour of transitional plane fountains in linearly stratified fluids
2014
Inam, M.I.; Lin, W.; Armfield, S.W.; He, Y. (2014) AFMC 2014: 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conf...
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A numerical and experimental study on the unsteady conjugate natural convection boundary layers in a water filled rectangular cavity with a conducting partition wall at varied locations
2014
Khatamifar, M.; D’Urso, R,; Lin, W.; Holmes, D.; Armfield, S.W.; Kirkpatrick, M.P. (2014) AFMC 2014:...
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Coherent structures in cross sheared flows in weakly stratified environments
2014
Xiao, Y.; Lin, W.; McCormack, J.; Armfield, S.W.; Kirkpatrick, M.P.; He, Y. (2014) AFMC 2014: 19th A...
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Direct numerical simulation of unsteady natural convection boundary layers on an evenly heated plate with time-varying heating flux
2013
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W. (2013) APCOM and ISCM 2013: 5th Asia Pacific Congress on Computational ...
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Direct numeric simulation of sheared convective boundary layer entrainment with GPUs
2013
Stewart, Nicholas J.; Holmes, David W.; Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, Steven W.; Kirkpatrick, Michael P. (...
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PIV study on the interaction of triple transitional round fountains in a homogeneous fluid
2012
Mahmud, H.; Hill, B.; Gao, W.; Lin, W.; He, Y.; Armfield, S.W. (2012) 18th Australasian Fluid Mechan...
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PIV Study of behavior of interaction of twin fountains in homogenous fluid
2012
Mahmud, Hasan; Hill, Blair; Gao, Wenfeng; Lin, Wenxian; He, Yinghe; Armfield, Steven (2012) ICTAM 20...
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Direct numerical simulation of interaction of twin transitional fountains in a homogeneous fluid
2012
Mahmud, H.; Lin, Wenxian; Gao, Wenfeng; He, Yinghe; Armfield, S.W. (2012) 4th International Conferen...
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Entrainment in turbulent fountain flow
2010
Williamson, N.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, Wenxian (2010) 17th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference . I...
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Scaling of thermo-magnetic convection
2010
Bednarz, Tomasz P.; Lin, Wenxian; Saha, Suvash (2010) ACFM 2010 13th Asian Congress on Fluid Mechani...
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Critical Froude number for transition from a steady to an unsteady fountain injected into a homogeneous fluid
2010
Srinarayana, N.; Armfield, S.W.; Behnia, M.; Lin, Wenxian (2010) 17th Australasian Fluid Mechanics C...
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Characterisation of Low Reynolds Number Fountain Behaviour
2007
Williamson, N.; Srinarayana, N.; Armfield, S.W.; McBain, G.; Lin, W. (2007) 16th Australasian Fluid ...
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Numerical simulation of free-fountains in a homogeneous fluid
2007
Srinarayana, N.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, W.X. (2007) 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference . In:...
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Direct simulation of transitional axisymmetric fountains in a homogeneous environment
2006
Lin, W.; Armfield, S.W. (2006) 13th International Heat Transfer Conference . In: de Vahl Davis, Grah...
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Direct simulation of impinging plane fountains in a homogeneous fluid
2006
Srinarayana, N.; Lin, W.; McBain, G.D.; Armfield, S.W. (2006) 13th International Heat Transfer Confe...
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Scaling analysis and simulation of natural convection cooling of fluid with Pr < 1 in a rectangular container
2005
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, Steven (2005) 8th Australasian Heat & Mass Transfer Conference . In: Chandra...
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Natural convection boundary layers on evenly heated plates
2005
Armfield, S.W.; McBain, G.D.; Lin, W.; Jiracheewanun, S. (2005) 8th Australasian Heat and Mass Trans...
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Scaling analysis and direct simulation of unsteady natural convection cooling of fluid with Pr < 1 in a vertical cylinder
2004
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W. (2004) Fifteenth Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference 2004 . In: Beh...
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