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Experimental study of characteristics of bimetallic Pt-Fe nano-particle fuel cell electrocatalyst (2015)
Journal Article
Yao, J., & Yao, Y. (2015). Experimental study of characteristics of bimetallic Pt-Fe nano-particle fuel cell electrocatalyst. Renewable Energy, 81, 182-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2015.03.031

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. The characteristics of 1.5wt% Platinum (Pt) loading on Fe incorporated Y zeolite (Pt-Fe/Y zeolite) nano-electrocatalysts have been experimentally studied by the extended X-ray adsorption fine structure (EXAFS) and cyclic voltamme... Read More about Experimental study of characteristics of bimetallic Pt-Fe nano-particle fuel cell electrocatalyst.

Numerical optimisation of thermal comfort improvement for indoor environment with occupants and furniture (2015)
Journal Article
Horikiri, K., Yao, Y., & Yao, J. (2015). Numerical optimisation of thermal comfort improvement for indoor environment with occupants and furniture. Energy and Buildings, 88, 303-315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.12.015

© 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Indoor thermal environment of a 3-D ventilated room was studied by computational fluid dynamics to understand correlations between heat generation, ventilation velocity and thermal sensation indices. The exis... Read More about Numerical optimisation of thermal comfort improvement for indoor environment with occupants and furniture.

Direct numerical simulation of a turbulent flow over an axisymmetric hill (2014)
Journal Article
Castagna, J., Yao, Y., & Yao, J. (2014). Direct numerical simulation of a turbulent flow over an axisymmetric hill. Computers and Fluids, 95, 116-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2014.02.014

Direct numerical simulation (DNS) of a turbulent flow over an axisymmetric hill has been carried out to study the three-dimensional flow separation and reattachment that occur on the lee-side of the geometry. The flow Reynolds number is Re H=6500, ba... Read More about Direct numerical simulation of a turbulent flow over an axisymmetric hill.

Modelling conjugate flow and heat transfer in a ventilated room for indoor thermal comfort assessment (2014)
Journal Article
Horikiri, K., Yao, Y., & Yao, J. (2014). Modelling conjugate flow and heat transfer in a ventilated room for indoor thermal comfort assessment. Building and Environment, 77, 135-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.03.027

Conjugate natural and forced convection heat transfers in a domestic model room of finite-thickness walls and a heat source have been numerically studied. A 2-D non-ventilated square model room with a heat source is investigated at first for conditio... Read More about Modelling conjugate flow and heat transfer in a ventilated room for indoor thermal comfort assessment.

Numerical study of unsteady airflow phenomena in a ventilated room (2012)
Journal Article
Horikiri, K., Yao, Y., & Yao, J. (2012). Numerical study of unsteady airflow phenomena in a ventilated room. Computational Thermal Sciences, 4(4), 317-333. https://doi.org/10.1615/ComputThermalScien.2012005093

Numerical simulation of airflow in an indoor environment has been carried out for forced, natural, and mixed convection modes, respectively, by using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach of solving the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equat... Read More about Numerical study of unsteady airflow phenomena in a ventilated room.

Effect of jet inclination angle and hole exit shape on vortical flow structures in low-reynolds number jet in cross-flow (2012)
Journal Article
Yao, Y., Maidi, M., & Yao, J. (2012). Effect of jet inclination angle and hole exit shape on vortical flow structures in low-reynolds number jet in cross-flow. Modelling and Simulation in Engineering, 2012, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/632040

Numerical studies have been performed to visualize vortical flow structures emerged from jet cross-flow interactions. A single square jet issuing perpendicularly into a cross-flow was simulated first, followed by two additional scenarios, that is, in... Read More about Effect of jet inclination angle and hole exit shape on vortical flow structures in low-reynolds number jet in cross-flow.

CFD prediction and experimental measurement of blade water coverage in a diesel turbocharger (2012)
Journal Article
Yao, J., & Yao, Y. (2012). CFD prediction and experimental measurement of blade water coverage in a diesel turbocharger. Modelling and Simulation in Engineering, 2012, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/789563

A turbocharger unit for diesel engine is often equipped with a built-in online water washing system and its performance is not always satisfactory because of efficiency declination due to deposit accumulated on blade surfaces not being washed away. I... Read More about CFD prediction and experimental measurement of blade water coverage in a diesel turbocharger.

Numerical simulation of convective airflow in an empty room (2011)
Journal Article
Horikiri, K., Yao, Y., & Yao, J. (2011). Numerical simulation of convective airflow in an empty room. International Journal of Energy and Environment, 5(1), 574-581

Numerical simulation of airflow inside an empty room has been carried out for a forced convection, a natural convection and a mixed convection respectively, by using a computational fluid dynamics approach of solving the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stok... Read More about Numerical simulation of convective airflow in an empty room.

The effect of hole shape on blade cooling effectiveness (2010)
Journal Article
Yao, Y., & Yao, J. (2010). The effect of hole shape on blade cooling effectiveness. International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation, 2(4), 242-248. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJESMS.2010.038144

The high temperature conditions under which turbine blades operate pose a constraint on their service lifetime. One industrial solution is to apply the film cooling and the cooling effectiveness is generally determined by flow conditions, cooling hol... Read More about The effect of hole shape on blade cooling effectiveness.

Computational study of flow over generic fan-wing airfoil (2007)
Journal Article
Duddempudi, D., Yao, Y., Edmondson, D., Yao, J., & Curley, A. (2007). Computational study of flow over generic fan-wing airfoil. Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, 79(3), 238-244. https://doi.org/10.1108/00022660710743831

Purpose - The paper seeks to perform a detailed numerical study of flow over a generic fan-wing airfoil and also attempts to modify the geometry for the improvement of the aerodynamic performance. Design/methodology/approach - Advanced computational... Read More about Computational study of flow over generic fan-wing airfoil.