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Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
School of Engineering
Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Meyer, JP

BIng(Mech) MIng PhD - Head of Department

NRF Rating: B2

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Telephone number: 012 420 2590
Fax number: 012 362 5124
E-mail address: josua.meyer@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Simulation of fluid and heat transfer

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

le Roux WG, Bello-Ochende T, Meyer JP: 2011. Operating conditions of an open and direct solar thermal Brayton cycle with optimised cavity receiver and recuperator. Energy, 36, pp 6027-6036, Full Text

Page LG, Bello-Ochende T, Meyer JP: 2011. Maximum heat transfer density rate enhancement from cylinders rotating in natural convection. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 38, pp 1354-1359, Full Text

Meyer JP, Olivier JA: 2011. Transitional flow inside enhanced tubes for fully developed and developing flow with different types of inlet disturbances: Part 1 - Adiabatic pressure drops. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 54, pp 1587-1597, Full Text

Meyer JP, Olivier JA: 2011. Transitional flow inside enhanced tubes for fully developed and developing flow with different types of inlet disturbances: Part 2 - Heat transfer. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 54, pp 1598-1607, Full Text

Bello-Ochende T, Meyer JP, Ogunronbi OI: 2011. Constructal multiscale cylinders rotating in cross-flow. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 54, pp 2568-2577, Full Text

Lips S, Meyer JP: 2011. Two-phase flow in inclined tubes with specific reference to condensation: A review. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 37, pp 845-859, Full Text

Alam MM, Meyer JP: 2011. Two interacting cylinders in cross flow. Physical Review E, 84, pp 1-16, Full Text

Meyer JP: 2011. Constructal law in technology, thermofluid and energy systems, and in design education Comment on 'The constructal law and the evolution of design in nature' by A. Bejan and S. Lorente. Physics Of Life Reviews, 8, pp 247-248, Full Text

Alam MM, Rehman S, Meyer JP, Al-Hadhrami LM: 2011. Review of 600-2500kW sized wind turbines and optimization of hub height for maximum wind energy yield realization. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 15, pp 3839-3849, Full Text

Chapters in books:

Meyer JP, Olivier JA: 2011. Heat transfer in the transitional flow regime. In Evaporation, condensation and heat transfer, (12) / 1, Intech, pp 245-260.

Papers in refereed, published conference proceedings:

Rehman S, Alam MM, Meyer JP, Al-Hadhrami LM: 2011. Analysis of a multi-megawatt grid connected wind farm. In 8th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, (3), HEFAT, pp 125-129.

Lips S, Meyer JP: 2011. Experimental study of convective condensation of R134A in an inclined tube. In 8th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, (1), HEFAT, pp 38-43.

Alam MM, Meyer JP: 2011. Fluid dynamics around twin cylinders and interactions. In 8th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, (6), HEFAT, pp 635-649.

Olakoyejo OT, Bello-Ochende T, Meyer JP: 2011. Geometric optimisation of forced convection in a vascularised material. In 8th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, (7), HEFAT, pp 666-674.

Meyer JP, Hallquist M: 2011. Heat transfer coefficients for laminar to turbulent flow in tubes at constant heat flux. In 8th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, (8), HEFAT, pp 675-680.

Obayopo SO, Bello-Ochende T, Meyer JP: 2011. Numerical study of effect of design and physical parameters on a pem fuel cell performance. In 8th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, (5), HEFAT, pp 567-574.

le Roux WG, Bello-Ochende T, Meyer JP: 2011. Optimum operating conditions of the small-scale open and direct solar thermal brayton cycle at various steady-state conditions. In 8th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, (2), HEFAT, pp 110-119.

 

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