Journal Publications 2000s

Shi, B. and Dhir, V.K., "Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Contact Angle ofLiquids on Solid Surfaces", Journal of Chemical Physics, 130(034705) (2009).

Mitra, D., Dhir, V.K., and Catton, I., "Fluid-elastic Instability in Tube Arrays Subjected to Air-Water and Steam-Water Cross-Flow", Journal of Fluids and Structures, 25(7):1213 - 1235 (2009).

Meduri, P.K., Warrier, G. P., and Dhir, V.K., "Wall Heat Flux Partitioning during Subcooled Forced Flow Film Boiling of Water on a Vertical Surface", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 52:3534 - 3546 (2009).

Son, G. and Dhir, V.K., "Numerical Simulation of Nucleate Boiling on a Horizontal Surface at High Heat Fluxes", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 51:2566 - 2582 (2008).

Son, G. and Dhir, V.K., "Three Dimensional Simulation of Saturated Film Boiling on a horizontal cylinders", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 51:1156 - 1167 (2008).

Shukla, R. and Dhir, V.K., “Effect of Brownian Motion on Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids,” Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 129, 2007.

Son, G. and Dhir, V.K., “A Level set Method for Analysis of Film Boiling on an Immersed Solid Surface,” Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, Vol. 52, pp. 153-177, 2007.

Son, G. and Dhir, V.K., Three-dimensional simulation of saturated film boiling on a horizontal cylinder, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, pp. 1-12, 2007.

Son, G. and Dhir, V.K., Numerical simulation of nucleate on a horizontal surface at high heat fluxes, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, pp. 1-17, 2007.

Wu, J., Dhir, V.K., and Qian, J., “Numerical Simulation of Subcooled Nucleate Boiling by Coupling Level Set Method with Moving Mesh Method,” Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, Vol. 51, pp. 535-563, 2007.

Li, D. and Dhir, V.K., “Numerical Study of Single Bubble Dynamics During Flow Boiling,” Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 129, pp. 864-876, 2007.

Li, D. and Dhir, V.K., “Numerical Study of a Single Bubble Sliding on a Downward Facing Heated Surface,” Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 129, pp. 877-883, 2007.

Warrier, G.R. and Dhir, V.K., “Heat Transfer and Wall Heat Flux Partitioning during Subcooled Flow Nucleate Boiling − A Review,” Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 128, pp. 1243-1256, 2006.

B. Shi, S. Sinha and V. K. Dhir, "Molecular dynamics simulation of the density and surface tension of water by particle-particle particle-mesh method " , Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 124, 204715, 2006

Dhir, V.K., "Mechanistic Prediction of Nucleate Boiling Heat Transfer–Achievable or a Hopeless Task?" J. of Heat Transfer, Vol. 128, pp. 1-12, 2006.

Pesse, A.V., Warrier, G.R., and Dhir, V.K., "An experimental study of the gas entrapment process in closed-end microchannels," Int’l. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 48, pp. 5150-5165, 2005.

Fabbri, M. and Dhir, V.K., "Optimized Heat Transfer for High Power Electronic Cooling Using Arrays of Microjets," J. of Heat Transfer, Vol. 127, pp. 760-769, 2005.

Basu, N., Warrier, G.R., and Dhir, V.K., "Wall Heat Flux Partitioning During Subcooled Flow Boiling: Part II—Model Validation," J. of Heat Transfer, Vol. 127, pp. 141-148, 2005.

Basu, N., Warrier, G.R., and Dhir, V.K., "Wall Heat Flux Partitioning During Subcooled Flow Boiling: Part I—Model Development," J. of Heat Transfer, Vol. 127, pp. 131-140, 2005.

Fabbri, M., Jiang, S., and Dhir, V.K., "A Comparative Study of Cooling of High Power Density Electronics Using Sprays and Microjets," J. of Heat Transfer, Vol. 127, pp. 38-48, 2005.

Mukherjee, A. and Dhir V.K., "Study of Lateral Merger of Vapor Bubbles During Nucleate Pool Boiling," J. of Heat Transfer, Vol. 126, pp. 1023-1039, 2004.

Dhir, V.K., Abarajith, H.S. , Warrier, G., Son, G., " Bubble Dynamics and Nucleate Boiling Heat Transfer- Numerical Simulation and Experimental Validation", In Press Journal of Energy Heat and Mass Transfer, 2004.

Jiang, S., and Dhir, V.K., "Spray cooling in a closed system with different fractions of non-condensibles in the environment", Int’l. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 47, pp. 5391-5406, 2004

Warrier, G.R., and Dhir, V.K., "Visualization of Flow Boiling in Narrow Rectangular Channels," J. of Heat Transfer, Vol. 126, pp. 495, 2004.

Gao, D. Morley, N., and Dhir, V.K., “Numerical Simulation of Wavy Falling Film Flow using VOF Method,” J. Comp. Phys., 2003.

Cotler, A.C., Brown, E.R., Dhir, V.K., and Shaw, M.C., “Chip-Level Spray Cooling of an LD-MOSFET RF Power Amplifier.” IEEE Transactions, 2003.

Gao, D. Morley, N., and Dhir, V.K., “Numerical study of liquid metal film flows in a varying spanwise magnetic field." Fusion Engineering and Design, 2002.

Son, G., Ramanujapu, N., and Dhir, V.K., “Numerical Simulation of Bubble Merger Process on a Single Nucleation Site During Pool Nucleate Boiling,” J. of Heat Transfer, Vol. 124, pp. 51-72, 2002.

Basu, N., Warrier, G., and Dhir V.K., “Onset of Nucleate Boiling and Active Nucleation Site Density during Subcooled Flow Boiling,” J. of Heat Transfer, Vol. 124, pp. 704-712, 2002.

Qiu, D.M., Dhir, V.K., Chao, D., Hasan, M.M., Neumann, E., Yee, G., and Birchenough, A., “Single Bubble Dynamics during Pool Boiling under Low Gravity Conditions,” AIAA J. of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 336-445, 2002.

Warrier, G., N. Basu, and Dhir, V.K., “Interfacial Heat Transfer During Subcooled Flow Boiling,” Int’l. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 45, pp. 3947-3959, 2002.

Warrier, G., Dhir, V.K., and Mamoda, L., “Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Narrow Rectangular Channels,” Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 26, pp. 53-64, 2002.

Qiu, D.M., Son, G., Dhir, V.K., Chao, D., Logsdon, K., “Dynamics of Single and Multiple Bubbles and Associated Heat Transfer in Nucleate Boiling Under Low Gravity Conditions,” Ann. N.Y. Academy of Sciences, Vol. 974, pp. 1-20, 2002.

Horn, T., Jiang, S., and Dhir, V.K., “Characterization of Heat Flux Gage Calibration System,” NASA Technical Briefs, Vol. 26, No. 5, pp. 70-71, 2002.

Qiu, D.M., and Dhir, V.K., “Experimental Study of Flow Pattern and Heat Transfer Associated with a Bubble Sliding on Inclined Surfaces,” Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 26, pp. 605-616, 2002.

Dhir, V. K., “Numerical Simulations of Pool Boiling Heat Transfer”, AIChE Journal, Vol. 47, pp. 813-834, 2001.

Banerjee, D., and Dhir, V. K., “Study of Subcooled Film Boiling on a Horizontal Disc – Part I, Analysis”, J. of Heat Transfer, Vol. 123, pp. 271-284, 2001.

Banerjee, D., and Dhir, V. K., “Study of Subcooled Film Boiling on a Horizontal Disc – Part II, Experiments”, J. of Heat Transfer, Vol.123, pp. 285-293, 2001.

Jiang, S. J., Horn, T., and Dhir, V. K., “Numerical Analysis of a Radiant Heat Flux Calibration System,” International Journal of Thermophysics3w , Vol. 21, pp.941-953, 2000.

Xuegao, A., Dhir, V. K., and Okrent, D., “The Effect of Accident Conditions on the Molten Core Material Relocation into Lower Head of a PWR Vessel”, Nuclear Technology, Vol. 132, pp. 256-280, 2000.