Wenxian Lin
Projects
4
Publications
114
Awards
3
Contact Details
Professor
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- wenxian.lin@jcu.edu.au
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Townsville (Bebegu Yumba) Campus, 1 James Cook Drive
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
Airbag deployment test (Old ID 30048)
12 Jun 2023 - 31 Aug 2023
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
Senior Lecturer, James Cook University
2006 - 2009
Associations
Awards
Output
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W.; Khatamifar, Mehdi (2024) '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'. Physics of Fluids, 36 (1). [DOI]
Ahmed, Farhan; Khatamifar, Mehdi; Lin, Wenxian; Situ, Rong (2023) 'Thermal performance of dynamic, origami‐inspired geometries: An experimental study'. Heat Transfer, 52 (5):3799-3816. [DOI]
Maika, Nosare; Lin, Wenxian; Khatamifar, Mehdi (2023) 'A Review of Gravitational Water Vortex Hydro Turbine Systems for Hydropower Generation'. Energies, 16 . [DOI]
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) 'Effect of Thermal Stratification in Meandering Turbulent Open-Channel Flow with Varying Sinuosity'. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 149 (9). [DOI]
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Inam, Mohammad I.; Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, Steven W.; Khatamifar, Mehdi (2023) 'Maximum Penetration Height and Intrusion Speed of Weak Symmetric Plane Fountains in Linearly Stratified Fluids'. Fluids, 8 (4). [DOI]
Cowley, Joshua; Khatamifar, Mehdi; Lin, Wenxian; Erskine, Daniel (2023) 'Experimental investigation of static pressure characteristics in a slotted short pin array'. Experimental Heat Transfer, 36 (4):564-583. [DOI]
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Jobby, Antony; Khatamifar, Mehdi; Lin, Wenxian (2023) 'Alternative Internal Configurations for Enhancing Heat Transfer in Telecommunication Cabinets'. Energies, 16 (8). [DOI]
Dong, Liqiang; Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, Steven W.; Kirkpatrick, Michael P.; Williamson, Nicholas; Khatamifar, Mehdi (2023) 'Direct numerical simulation of “fountain filling box” flow with a confined weak laminar plane fountain'. Heat Transfer, 52 (1):193-215. [DOI]
Peng, Da; Khatamifar, Mehdi; Lin, Wenxian (2022) 'Experimental and numerical studies of the orientation effect on the natural convection heat dissipation of composite polymer heat sinks'. Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer, 29 (6):1-26. [DOI]
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Inam, M.I.; Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W. (2022) 'Thermal Entrainment in the Core Regions of Transitional Plane Fountains in Linearly Stratified Ambient Fluids'. International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 14 (3). [DOI]
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Xiao, Yuan; Lin, Wenxian; Ding, Junling (2022) 'Linear temporal stability analysis on the inviscid sheared convective boundary layer flow'. Physics of Fluids, 34 . [DOI]
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Nguyen, Duy; Kirkpatrick, Michael P.; Williamson, N.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, W. (2022) 'Turbulence structure in a very sharp thermally stratified open-channel meander'. Physics of Fluids, 34 . [DOI]
Nguyen, D.; Kirkpatrick, M.P.; Williamson, N.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, W. (2022) 'Effects of meander curvature in thermally stratified turbulent open-channel flow'. 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 stabilization effects via cross shear'. Physics of Fluids, 34 . [DOI]
Di Bella, Brody; Khatamifar, Mehdi; Lin, Wenxian (2022) 'Experimental study of flow visualisation using fluorescent dye'. Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 87 . [DOI]
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Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S. W.; Khatamifar, Mehdi (2022) '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'. Heat Transfer, 51 (4):2956-2976. [DOI]
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W.; Khatamifar, Mehdi (2021) 'Scalings for unsteady natural convection boundary layer under
time-varying heating flux in a small Prandtl number fluid'. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 27 . [DOI]
Xiao, Yuan; Lin, Wenxian (2021) 'Linear temporal stability analysis on non-parallel free cross sheared flow with a primary hyperbolic velocity and an orthogonal Bickley jet velocity'. Physics of Fluids, 33 . [DOI]
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Tucker, Robert; Khatamifar, Mehdi; Lin, Wenxian; McDonald, Kyle (2021) 'Experimental investigation of orientation and geometry effect on additive manufactured aluminium LED heat sinks under natural convection'. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 23 . [DOI]
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Khatamifar, Mehdi; Lin, Wenxian; Dong, Liqiang (2021) 'Transient conjugate natural convection heat transfer in a differentially-heated square cavity with a partition of finite thickness and thermal conductivity'. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 25 . [DOI]
Dong, Liqiang; Lin, Wenxian; Khatamifar, Mehdi (2021) 'Direct numerical simulation of confined weak round fountains in homogeneous ambient'. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 28 . [DOI]
Dong, Liqiang; Lin, Wenxian; Khatamifar, Mehdi (2021) 'Experimental study on the intrusion and stratification produced by confined laminar and turbulent round fountains'. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 89 :1-26. [DOI]
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Timbs, Kalen; Khatamifar, Mehdi; Antunes, Elsa; Lin, Wenxian (2021) 'Experimental study on the heat dissipation performance of straight and oblique fin heat sinks made of thermal conductive composite polymers'. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 22 . [DOI]
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Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W. (2020) 'Prandtl number scalings for unsteady natural convection boundary-layer flow on an evenly heated vertical plate in a homogeneous Pr > 1 fluid'. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 77 (6):619-631. [DOI]
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Zhou, L.; Armfield, S.W.; Williamson, N.; Kirkpatrick, M.P.; Lin, W. (2020) 'Natural convection in a cavity with time-varying thermal forcing on a sidewall'. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 150 . [DOI]
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Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, Steven W. (2019) 'Natural convection boundary-layer flow on an evenly heated vertical plate with time-varying heating flux in a stratified Pr < 1 fluid'. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 76 (6):393-419. [DOI]
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Inam, Mohammad Ilias; Lin, Wenxian; Williamson, N.; Armfield, S.W.; He, Yinghe (2019) 'Characteristics of unsteadiness for transitional plane fountains in linearly stratified fluids'. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 100 :83-97. [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 natural convection heat transfer in a partitioned differentially-heated square cavity'. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 81 :92-103. [DOI]
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Williamson, N.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, Wenxian; Kirkpatrick, M.P. (2016) 'Stability and Nusselt number scaling for inclined differentially heated cavity flow'. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 97 :787-793. [DOI]
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Mahmud, Hasan; Lin, Wenxian; Gao, Wenfeng; Armfield, S.W.; He, Yinghe (2016) 'Interaction behavior of triple transitional round fountains in a homogeneous fluid'. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 62 (Part B):437-454. [DOI]
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Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W. (2016) 'Scalings for unsteady natural convection boundary layers on a vertical plate at time-dependent temperature'. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 111 :78-99. [DOI]
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Inam, Mohammad Ilias; Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W.; He, Yinghe (2016) 'Correlations for maximum penetration heights of transitional plane fountains in linearly stratified fluids'. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 77 :64-77. [DOI]
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Walsh, Matthew; Lin, Wenxian (2015) 'A parametric study on the thermal performance of unglazed solar water collectors with their colorbond steel absorber plates also used as roofs'. International Journal of Green Energy, 12 (12):1309-1322. [DOI]
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 convection flow in an inclined differentially heated closed square cavity'. Computational Thermal Sciences, 7 (5-6):417-425. [DOI]
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Mahmud, Hasan; Lin, Wenxian; Gao, Wenfeng; Armfield, St.W.; He, Yinghe (2015) 'Behavior of the interaction between twin transitional round fountains in a homogeneous fluid, Part 2: numerical study'. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 86 :973-991. [DOI]
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Mahmud, Hasan; Lin, Wenxian; Gao, Wenfeng; Hill, Blair; Armfield, S.W.; He, Yinghe (2015) 'Behavior of the interaction between twin transitional round fountains in a homogeneous fluid, Part 1: experimental study'. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 86 :957-972. [DOI]
Inam, Mohammad Ilias; Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W.; He, Yinghe (2015) 'Asymmetry and penetration of transitional plane fountains in
stratified fluid'. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 90 :1125-1142. [DOI]
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 parabolic inlet velocity profile in a homogeneous fluid'. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 67 :87-95. [DOI]
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Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W. (2013) 'Scalings for unsteady natural convection boundary layers on an evenly heated plate with time-dependent heating flux'. Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics), E88 (6):1-17. [DOI]
Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W. (2012) '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'. Physical Review E, 86 (6):1-10. [DOI]
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Williamson, Nicholas; Armfield, Steven W.; Lin, Wenxian (2011) 'Forced turbulent fountain flow behaviour'. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 671 :535-558. [DOI]
Williamson, N.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, Wenxian (2010) 'Transition behaviour of weak turbulent fountains'. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 655 :306-326. [DOI]
Srinarayana, N.; Williamson, N.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, Wenxian (2010) 'Line fountain behavior at low-Reynolds number'. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 53 (9-10):2065-2073. [DOI]
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Bednarz, Tomasz P.; Lin, Wenxian; Patterson, John C.; Lei, Chengwang; Armfield, Steven W. (2009) 'Scaling for unsteady thermo-magnetic convection boundary layer of paramagnetic fluids of Pr > 1 in micro-gravity conditions'. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 30 (6):1157-1170. [DOI]
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Ievers, Simon; Lin, Wenxian (2009) 'Numerical simulation of three-dimensional flow dynamics in a hot water storage tank'. Applied Energy, 86 (12):2604-2614. [DOI]
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Patterson, John C.; Lei, Chengwang; Armfield, Steve W.; Lin, Wenxian (2009) 'Scaling of unsteady natural convection boundary layers with a non-instantaneous initiation'. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 48 (10):1843-1852. [DOI]
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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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Srinarayana, N.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, Wenxian (2009) 'Laminar plane fountains impinging on a ceiling with an opposing heat flux'. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 52 :4545-4552. [DOI]
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Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W.; Patterson, J.C.; Lei, Chengwang (2009) 'Prandtl number scaling of unsteady natural convection boundary layers for Pr>1 fluids under isothermal heating'. Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics), 79 (6). [DOI]
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Williamson, N.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, W. (2008) 'Direct numerical simulation of turbulent intermediate Froude number fountain flow'. ANZIAM Journal, 50 :16-30.
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Srinarayana, N.; McBain, G.D.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, W.X. (2008) 'Height and stability of laminar plane fountains in a homogeneous fluid'. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 51 :4717-4727. [DOI]
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Williamson, N.; Srinarayana, N.; Armfield, S.W.; McBain, G.D.; Lin, W. (2008) 'Low-Reynolds-number fountain behaviour'. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 608 :297-317. [DOI]
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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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Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W.; Patterson, J.C. (2008) 'Unsteady natural convection boundary-layer flow of a linearly-stratified fluid with Pr < 1 on an evenly heated semi-infinite vertical plate'. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 51 :327-343. [DOI]
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Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W.; Patterson, J.C. (2007) 'Direct simulation of transitional plane fountains in a homogeneous fluid'. ANZIAM Journal, 48 :692-708.
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Gao, Wenfeng; Lin, Wenxian; Liu, Tao; Xia, Chaofeng (2007) 'Analytical and experimental studies on the thermal performance of cross-corrugated and flat-plate solar air heaters'. Applied Energy, 84 :425-441. [DOI]
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Armfield, S.W.; Patterson, John C.; Lin, Wenxian (2007) 'Scaling investigation of the natural convection boundary layer on an evenly heated plate'. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 50 (7-8):1592-1602. [DOI]
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Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W.; Patterson, John C. (2007) 'Cooling of a Pr<1 fluid in a rectangular container'. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 574 :85-108. [DOI]
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Lin, Wenxian; Yi, Jidong; Graham, A.L.; Liu, Tao; Xia, Chaofeng; Ingber, M.S.; Leggoe, J.W.; Abbott, J.R. (2006) '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'. Applied Energy, 83 (7):669-680. [DOI]
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Lin, Wenxian; Gao, Wenfeng; Liu, Tao (2006) 'A parametric study on the thermal performance of cross-corrugated solar air collectors'. Applied Thermal Engineering, 26 (10):1043-1053. [DOI]
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Liu, Tao; Lin, Wenxian; Xia, Chaofeng; Graham, A.L.; Ingber, M.S.; Abbott, J.R.; Leggoe, J.W. (2006) 'Boundary-element simulation of hydrodynamic interaction of two smooth spheres suspended in an unbounded Couette flow'. Applied Energy, 83 (9):975-988. [DOI]
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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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Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W. (2005) 'Unsteady natural convection on an evenly heated vertical plate for Prandtl number Pr<1'. Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics), 72 (6):066309-1. [DOI]
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Lin, W.; Graham, A.L.; Ingber, M.S.; Abbott, J.R.; Leggoe, J.W. (2005) 'Hydrodynamic interaction of two neutrally-buoyant smooth spheres suspended in plane Poiseuille flow: the BEM simulations versus the MoR approximations'. Computational Mechanics, 36 (4):307-319. [DOI]
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Lin, Wenxian; Liu, Tao (2005) 'Progress on direct numerical simulation of weak negatively buoyant jets'. Journal of Hydrodynamics, 20 (6):694-707.
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Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, SW (2005) 'Scaling laws for unsteady natural convection cooling of fluid with Prandtl number less than one in a vertical cylinder'. Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics), 72 (1):016306-016306. [DOI]
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Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W. (2004) 'Long-term behavior of cooling fluid in a rectangular container'. Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics), 69 (5):056315-1. [DOI]
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Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W. (2004) 'Direct simulation of fountains with intermediate Froude and Reynolds numbers'. ANZIAM Journal, 45 :66-77.
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Lin, W.; Armfield, S.W. (2003) 'The Reynolds and Prandtl number dependence of weak fountains'. Computational Mechanics, 31 (5):379-389. [DOI]
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Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W. (2002) 'Weak fountains in a stratified fluid'. Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics), 66 (6):066308-1. [DOI]
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Morgan, P.L.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, Wenxian; Patterson, J.C. (2002) 'Direct numerical simulation of boundary layer start-up on semi-infinite vertical flat plates for buoyant and non-buoyant flows'. Computational Fluid Dynamics Journal, 11 (1):18-26.
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Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, SW (2001) 'Natural convection cooling of rectangular and cylindrical containers'. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 22 :72-81. [DOI]
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Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S. W. (2000) 'Direct simulation of weak axisymmetric fountains in a homogeneous fluid'. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 403 :67-88. [DOI]
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Zhou, Linjing; Armfield, Steven; Williamson, Nicholas; Kirkpatrick, Michael; Lin, Wenxian (2021) 'Natural convection in a cavity with time-dependent flux boundary' International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 92 . [DOI]
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Abdulwahid, A.; Situ, R.; Brown, Ri.; Lin, W. (2020) AFCM2020: 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference . In: Chanson, Hubert;Brown, Richard eds. Bubble dynamics in a diesel exhaust wet scrubber Brisbane, QLD, Australia, [DOI]
Zhou, L.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, W. (2020) AFCM2020: 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference . In: Chanson, Hubert;Brown, Richard eds. Natural convection in a cavity with time-dependent flux boundary Brisbane, QLD, Australia, [DOI]
Abdulwahid, A.; Situ, R.; Brown, R.; Lin, W. (2020) AFCM2020: 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference . In: Chanson, Hubert;Brown, Richard eds. Thermodynamic analysis of a diesel exhaust wet scrubber Brisbane, QLD, Australia, [DOI]
Awin, L.A.; Armfield, S.W.; Williamson, N.; Kirkpatrick, M.P.; Lin, W. (2019) ANZIAM Journal [electronic supplement] Numerical simulation for entrainment of forced turbulent fountains Newcastle, NSW, Australia, [DOI]
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Zhou, Linjing; Armfield, Steven; Williamson, Nicholas; Kirkpatrick, Michael; Lin, Wenxian (2018) ICOME 2017: 3rd International Conference on Mechanical Engineering: disruptive innovation in mechanical engineering for industry competitiveness Natural convection stratification and scaling in a cavity with unsteady sidewall heating Surabaya, Indonesia, [DOI]
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Gharahjeh, Siamak; Situ, Rong; He, Yinghe; Lin, Wenxian; Brown, Richard (2017) Australasian Coasts & Ports 2017 Conference: working with nature . In: Baldock, T.;Colleter, G eds. A review on ocean acidification as a result of shipping emissions in harbors Cairns, QLD, Australia,
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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 Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference Transient natural convection flow in a cavity subject to time-varying sidewall heating and cooling Perth, WA, Australia,
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Khatamifar, M.; Lin, W.; Holmes, D.; Armfield, S.W.; Kirkpatrick, M.P. (2016) AFMC 2016: 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference Transient laminar conjugate natural convection in a cavity with a finite thickness and conductivity partition Perth, WA, Australia,
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Xiao, Y.; Lin, W.; McCormack, J.; He, Y.; Armfield, S.W.; Kirkpatrick, M.P. (2015) TSFP-9: 9th Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena Turbulent mixing in cross sheared stratified flow Melbourne, VIC, Australia,
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Xiao, Y.; Lin, W.; He, Y.; Armfield, S.W.; Kirkpatrick, M.P. (2015) TSFP-9: 9th Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena Hydrodynamic stability analysis of sheared convective boundary layer flows in stratified environments Melbourne, VIC, Australia,
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Xiao, Y.; Lin, W.; Armfield, S.W.; Kirkpatrick, M.P.; He, Y. (2014) AFMC 2014: 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference . In: Chowdhury, Harun;Alam, Firoz eds. Hydrodynamic stability analysis on inviscid cross sheared stratified flows Melbourne, VIC, Australia,
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Hoque, N.; Situ, R.; Hagan, W.; Almedia, J.; Lin, W.; Brown, R.J. (2014) AFMC 2014: 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference . In: Chowdhury, Harun;Alam, Firoz eds. A thermo-fluid study of a diesel engine wet scrubber Melbourne, VIC, Australia,
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Armfield, Steven W.; Kirkpatrick, M.P.; Williamson, Nicholas; Lin, Wenxian (2014) IHTC-15: 15th International Heat Transfer Conference Natural convection in an inclined differentially heated square cavity Kyoto, Japan, [DOI]
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Inam, Mohammad Ilias; Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, Steven W.; He, Yinghe (2014) IHTC-15: 15th International Heat Transfer Conference Asymmetric transition for high froude number plane fountains in linearly stratified fluids Kyoto, Japan, [DOI]
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Lin, W.; Armfield, S.W.; Liu, T.; Gao, W. (2014) AFMC 2014: 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference . In: Chowdhury, Harun;Alam, Firoz eds. Scaling analysis of unsteady natural convection boundary layers on an evenly heated plate with a time-dependent temperature Melbourne, VIC, Australia,
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Armfield, S.W.; Williamson, N.; Lin, Wenxian; Kirkpatrick, M.P. (2014) AFMC 2014: 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference . In: Chowdhury, Harun;Alam, Firoz eds. Nusselt number scaling in an inclined differentially heated square cavity Melbourne, VIC, Australia,
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Stewart, N.J.; Holmes, D.W.; Lin, W. (2014) AFMC 2014: 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference . In: Chowdhury, Harun;Alam, Firoz eds. Direct numeric simulation of sheared convective boundary layer mixing and entrainment Melbourne, VIC, Australia,
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Inam, M.I.; Lin, W.; Armfield, S.W.; He, Y. (2014) AFMC 2014: 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference . In: Chowdhury, Harun;Alam, Firoz eds. Penetration height and onset of asymmetric behaviour of transitional plane fountains in linearly stratified fluids Melbourne, VIC, Australia,
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Khatamifar, M.; D’Urso, R,; Lin, W.; Holmes, D.; Armfield, S.W.; Kirkpatrick, M.P. (2014) AFMC 2014: 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference . In: Chowdhury, Harun;Alam, Firoz eds. 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 Melbourne, VIC, Australia,
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Xiao, Y.; Lin, W.; McCormack, J.; Armfield, S.W.; Kirkpatrick, M.P.; He, Y. (2014) AFMC 2014: 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference . In: Chowdhury, Harun;Alam, Firoz eds. Coherent structures in cross sheared flows in weakly stratified environments Melbourne, VIC, Australia,
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Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W. (2013) APCOM and ISCM 2013: 5th Asia Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics and 4th International Symposium on Computational Mechanics Direct numerical simulation of unsteady natural convection boundary layers on an evenly heated plate with time-varying heating flux Singapore,
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Stewart, Nicholas J.; Holmes, David W.; Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, Steven W.; Kirkpatrick, Michael P. (2013) PROCEEDINGS OF THE 5TH ASIA PACIFIC CONGRESS ON COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS & 4TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS (DEC. 2013, SINGAPORE) Direct numeric simulation of sheared convective boundary layer entrainment with GPUs Singapore,
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Mahmud, H.; Hill, B.; Gao, W.; Lin, W.; He, Y.; Armfield, S.W. (2012) 18th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference . In: Brandner, P.A.;Pearce, B.W eds. PIV study on the interaction of triple transitional round fountains in a homogeneous fluid Launceston, Tasmania, Australia,
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Mahmud, Hasan; Hill, Blair; Gao, Wenfeng; Lin, Wenxian; He, Yinghe; Armfield, Steven (2012) ICTAM 2012: 23rd International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics . In: Bai, Yilong;Wang, Jianxiang;Fang, Daining eds. PIV Study of behavior of interaction of twin fountains in homogenous fluid Beijing, China,
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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 Conference on Computational Methods (ICCM 2012) . In: Gu, Y.T.;Saha, S.C eds. Direct numerical simulation of interaction of twin transitional fountains in a homogeneous fluid Gold Coast, Australia,
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Williamson, N.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, Wenxian (2010) 17th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference . In: Mallinson, G.D.;Cater, J.E eds. Entrainment in turbulent fountain flow Auckland, New Zealand,
Srinarayana, N.; Armfield, S.W.; Behnia, M.; Lin, Wenxian (2010) 17th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference . In: Mallinson, G.D.;Cater, J.E eds. Critical Froude number for transition from a steady to an unsteady fountain injected into a homogeneous fluid Auckland, New Zealand,
Bednarz, Tomasz P.; Lin, Wenxian; Saha, Suvash (2010) ACFM 2010 13th Asian Congress on Fluid Mechanics Scaling of thermo-magnetic convection Dhaka, Bangladesh,
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Williamson, N.; Srinarayana, N.; Armfield, S.W.; McBain, G.; Lin, W. (2007) 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference . In: Jacobs, Peter;McIntyre, Tim;Cleary, Matthew;Buttsworth, David;Mee, David;Clements, Rose;Morgan, Richard;Lemckert, Charles eds. Characterisation of Low Reynolds Number Fountain Behaviour Gold Coast, Australia,
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Srinarayana, N.; Armfield, S.W.; Lin, W.X. (2007) 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference . In: Jacobs, Peter;McIntyre, Tim;Cleary, Matthew;Buttsworth, David;Mee, David;Clements, Rose;Morgan, Richard;Lemckert, Charles eds. Numerical simulation of free-fountains in a homogeneous fluid Gold Coast, Australia,
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Lin, W.; Armfield, S.W. (2006) 13th International Heat Transfer Conference . In: de Vahl Davis, Graham;Leonardi, Eddie eds. Direct simulation of transitional axisymmetric fountains in a homogeneous environment Sydney, NSW, Australia,
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Srinarayana, N.; Lin, W.; McBain, G.D.; Armfield, S.W. (2006) 13th International Heat Transfer Conference . In: de Vahl Davis, Graham;Leonardi, Eddie eds. Direct simulation of impinging plane fountains in a homogeneous fluid Sydney, NSW, Australia,
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Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, Steven (2005) 8th Australasian Heat & Mass Transfer Conference . In: Chandratilleke, Tilak T.;Narayanaswamy, Ramesh eds. Scaling analysis and simulation of natural convection cooling of fluid with Pr < 1 in a rectangular container Perth, WA, Australia,
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Armfield, S.W.; McBain, G.D.; Lin, W.; Jiracheewanun, S. (2005) 8th Australasian Heat and Mass Transfer Conference . In: Chandratilleke, Tilak T.;Narayanaswamy, Ramesh eds. Natural convection boundary layers on evenly heated plates Perth, WA, Australia,
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Lin, Wenxian; Armfield, S.W. (2004) Fifteenth Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference 2004 . In: Behnia, Masud;Lin, Wenxian;McBain, Georgie eds. Scaling analysis and direct simulation of unsteady natural convection cooling of fluid with Pr < 1 in a vertical cylinder Sydney, NSW, Australia,
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Tucker, Robert; Khatamifar, Mehdi; Lin, Wenxian; McDonald, Kyle (2022) 12AHMTC: 12th Australasian Heat and Mass Transfer Conference The Influence of Geometry Variation and Heat Sink Angle on its Thermal Performance Sydney, NSW, Australia, .
Experimental study on the thermal performance of straight and oblique finned, polymer heat sinks
2020
Timbs, K.; Khatamifar, M.; Lin, W.; Antunes, E. (2020) AFMC2020: 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference Experimental study on the thermal performance of straight and oblique finned, polymer heat sinks Brisbane, QLD, Australia, . [DOI]
Bednarz, Tomasz; Kaneda, Masayuki; Lin, Wenxian; Dranga, Octavian (2009) 46th National Heat Transfer Symposium Scaling of unsteady magnetic convection boundary layer growth for Pr>1 fluids Kyoto, Japan, .
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Yin, Y.; Chalhovb, N.; Zhang, L.; Scott, D.; Lin, W.; Summers, N.; Dey, C.; Burie, D.; Vodenitcharova, T. (2005) 43rd Australian & New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference Evacuated non-tubular solar thermal collectors Dunedin, New Zealand, .
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Behnia, M.; Lin, W.; McBain, G.D. (2004) Fifteenth Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference Proceedings of the 15th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference Sydney, NSW, Australia, .
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