Research Group Experimental and Computational Thermo-fluid Mechanics

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Research GroupExperimental and Computational
Thermo-fluid Mechanics
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Group Members

• Prof. Dr. A.K.M. Mohiuddin (Coordinator)
• Prof. Dr. Ahmed Faris Ismail
• Prof. Dr. Waqar Asrar
• Prof. Dr. Ashraf Ali Omar
• Dr. Abd El-Fattah Anwar Ahmed (Left IIUM)
• Dr. Raed Kafafy
• Dr. Shah Alam (Left IIUM)
• Dr. Moumen Idres

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Research Focus Areas

• Computational Fluid Dynamics Mathematical
  modeling, Vehicle aerodynamics, Simulation, etc.
• Heat exchanging equipment Different type of
  heat exchangers including radiators, oil coolers,
  condensers, evaporators, etc.
• Internal combustion engines Gasoline and diesel
  engines, fuel injection systems, supercharging
  etc.
• Combustion Combustion analysis, product of
  combustion, emissions, etc.

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• Refrigeration Air conditioning Vapor
  compression and absorption cycles, Refrigerants,
  Cooling towers, Ventilation systems, etc.
• Experimental aerodynamics Shock waves,
  Turbulence, Boundary layer, etc.
• Helicopter aerodynamics Rotor aerodynamics,
  etc.
• Energy - Alternative fuel, Fuel cell, Renewable
  energy Solar, wind etc.
• Vehicle wind tunnel testing

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Publications by Group Members

• The members have published the following papers
  in Journals
• 1. Ashraf A. Omar, Ong J. Chit, Lim J. Hsuh ,
  and Waqar Asrar, Finite Difference Gas-Kinetic
  BGK Scheme for Compressible Inviscid Flow
  Computation, International Journal of
  Computational Fluid Dynamics (IJCFD), Vol. 22,
  No. 3, March 2008, 183192.
• Omer A. Alsayed, Waqar Asrar, Ashraf A. Omar,
  Kijung Kwon, Hyejin Jung Experimental
  Investigation of Plain and Flapped Wing Tip
  Vortex, American Institute of Aeronautical and
  Astronautic, Journal of Aircraft, Accepted for
  publications, 2008.
• Ashraf A. Omar, Ong J. Chit, Lim J. Hsuh , and
  Waqar Asrar, Finite Difference Gas-Kinetic BGK
  Scheme for Compressible Inviscid Flow
  Computation, International Journal of
  Computational Fluid Dynamics (IJCFD), Vol. 22,
  No. 3, March 2008, 183192.

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• Rashmi, W., Ismail, A. F., Asrar, W., Khalid, M.,
  Faridah, Y., Natural Convection Heat transfer in
  Nanofluids- A numerical study, Proceedings of the
  7th Symposium on Transport Phenomenon in
  Manufacturing Processes 2008, ASME Fluid
  Engineering Division Summer Conference, FEDSM
  2008, August 10-14, 2008, Jacksonville, Florida,
  USA.
• Rashmi, W., Ismail, A. F., Asrar, W., Khalid, M.,
  Faridah, Y., Natural Convection Heat transfer in
  Nanofluids using CFD, International Conference on
  MEMS and Nanotechnology, May 13-15, 2008, Kuala
  Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Fadilah Hasim, Rusman Rusyadi, Wijaya Indra
  Surya, Fariduzzaman, Waqar Asrar, Ashraf Omar,
  J.S. M. Ali, Yulfian Aminanda, Raed Kafafy, The
  IIUM Low Speed Wind Tunnel, Proceedings of
  EnCon2008, 2nd Engineering Conference on
  Sustainable Infrastructures Development
  Management, December 18 -19, 2008, Kuching,
  Sarawak, Malaysia.
• J. Wang, Y. Cao, R. Kafafy, R. Martinez and J.
  Williams. Numerical and Experimental
  Investigations of Cross-over Ion Impingement for
  Sub-Scale Ion Optics. Journal of Propulsion and
  Power, Vol. 24, No.3, 2008, pp. 562 - 570.

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• A.A. Rizk, Stress Intensity Factor for an Edge
  Crack in two Bonded Dissimilar Materials under
  Convective Cooling Theoretical and Applied
  Fracture Mechanics. , Vol. 49, pp.251-267, 2008.
• Ataur, R., A.K.M. Mohiuddin, and Faris, I., 2009.
  Design and development of hybrid full-tracked
  air-cushion vehicle on swamp peat terrain in
  Malaysia, Journal of Terramechanics, Elsevier
  Science, (Accepted).
• Ataur, R. Mohiuddin, A.K.M. and Azmi Y. 2008.
  Integrated Mathematical Model for the Traction
  Mechanics of Hybrid Electrical Air-cushion
  Tracked Vehicle for Swamp Peat in Malaysia.
  Reviewed and resubmitted. Accepted to be
  published in International Journal of Heavy
  Vehicle System.
• Rahman, A., Mohiuddin, A.K.M., Altab, H. and
  Yahya, A., Hybrid Electrical Air-Cushion Tracked
  Vehicle for Swamp Peat in Malaysia, The Open
  Mechanical Engineering Journal, Bentham
  Publication. Accepted in November 2008.
  Publishing year 2009. Vol.4, No. xxx, pp.xxx. In
  press.

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• 12. Rahman, A., Mohiuddin, A.K.M. and Yahya, A.,
  Tracked Vehicle for Low Bearing Capacity Peat in
  Malaysia, Journal of Terramechanics, (2009)
  Elsevier Publication, Accepted in December 2008.
  Publishing year 2009. Vol.46 no. xxx, pp.xxx. In
  Press.
• 13. Rahman, A., Mohiuddin, A.K.M. and Yahya, A.,
  (2009) Kinematics Model for the Wheeled Vehicle
  Tractive Performance Determination on Sepang Peat
  Terrain in Malaysia, Int. J. Heavy Vehicle
  Systems, Vol. 16, Nos. 1/2, pp. 225-242,
  Inderscience Publisher.
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• 14. Rahman, A., Yahya, A. and Mohiuddin, A.K.M.,
  (2008) Tractive Performance of LGP-30 Wheeled
  Vehicle During Straight Motion on Sepang Peat
  Terrain in Malaysia, The Open Transportation
  Journal, Bentham Publisher, Vol.2, pp.105-117.

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• 15. Mohiuddin, A.K.M., A. Rahman, A. Arfah and
  M.A. Farraen, Investigation and Probable
  solution of Low End Torque Dip Problem of CAMPRO
  1.6L Engine, International J. of Mechanical and
  Materials Engineering (IJMME), Vol. 3 (2008), No.
  2, pp. 176-186.
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• 16. Mohiuddin, A.K.M., Ideres, M.R. and Hashim,
  S.M., Experimental Analysis of Noise and Back
  Pressure for Muffler Design, Jurnal
  Kejuruteraan, Vol. 20 (2008), pp.151-161.
• 17. Mohiuddin, A.K.M., Ataur, R., and Asral F.,
  Design and Development of Valve Train System for
  Gasoline Engine Using GT-Suite Software,
  International J. of Mechanical and Materials
  Engineering (IJMME), Vol. 3 (2008), No. 1, pp.
  80-89.

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• Conference Papers
• 1. Ashraf A. Omar and Hani B. Ludin_at_Jamaluddin,
  Numerical Simulation of Unsteady Incompressible
  Flow around Flat Plate with Spoiler, 2nd
  Engineering Conference on Sustainable Engineering
  Infrastructures Development Management,
  December 18 -19, 2008, Kuching, Sarawak,
  Malaysia.
• 2. Fadilah Hasim, Rusman Rusyadi, Wijaya Indra
  Surya, Fariduzzaman, Waqar Asrar, Ashraf Omar,
  J.S. M. Ali, Yulfian Aminanda, Raed Kafafy, The
  IIUM Low Speed Wind Tunnel, 2nd Engineering
  Conference on Sustainable Engineering
  Infrastructures Development Management,
  December 18 -19, 2008, Kuching, Sarawak,
  Malaysia.
• 3. Fadilah Hasim, Rusman Rusyadi, Wijaya Indra
  Surya, Fariduzzaman, Waqar Asrar, Ashraf Omar,
  J.S. M. Ali, Yulfian Aminanda, Raed Kafafy, Flow
  Field Characteristics of The IIUM Low Speed Wind
  Tunnel, Third International Symposium on
  Advanced Fluid/Solid Science and Technology in
  Experimental Mechanics (ISEM 2008), Taiwan, 2008,
  Dec.7-10, 2008.

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• 4. Omer A. Elsayed, Waqar Asrar, and Ashraf A.
  Omar, Reverse Delta-Wing Trailing Vortex
  Characteristics by Particle Image Velocimetery
  (PIV), Third International Symposium on Advanced
  Fluid/Solid Science and Technology in
  Experimental Mechanics (ISEM 2008), Taiwan, 2008,
  Dec.7-10, 2008.
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• 5. Ong J. Chit, Ashraf A. Omar, Waqar Asrar And
  Ahmad F. Ismail, A Gas-Kinetic BGK Solver for
  Two-Dimensional Turbulent Compressible Flow, The
  2008 International Conference on Scientific
  Computing, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, July 14-17,
  2008.
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• 6. Ashraf A. Omar, Adna Omerbegovic, Exhibition
  of Viscous Transonic Flow around Various Types of
  Airfoils Shape, Regional Conference on Vehicle
  Engineering and Technology (RiVET 2008), Kuala
  Lumpur, Malaysia July, 2008

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• 7. Ong J. Chit, Ashraf A. Omar, Waqar Asrar and
  Ahmad F. Ismail, A Gas-Kinetic BGK Scheme for
  Solving Two-Dimensional Viscous Flows, 46th AIAA
  Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Paper
  AIAA-2008-751, Grand Sierra Resort Hotel, Reno,
  Nevada, 7-10 Jan 2008.
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• 8. Chit, O., J., Omar, A. A., Asrar, W., Ismail,
  A. F. A GasKinetic BGK Scheme for Solving
  Two-dimensional Viscous Flows, 46th AIAA
  Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 7 - 10
  Jan 2008, AIAA-2008-0751, Grand Sierra Resort
  Hotel, Reno, Nevada.
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• 9. R. Kafafy and Amar Hussan, A Review of
  MEMS-based Micropropulsion Systems, 2nd
  International Conference on MEMS and
  Nanotechnology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 2008.

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• 10. A.A. Rizk, "Three-Layered Elastic Composite
  with Surface Cracks Subjected to Convective
  Cooling" Presented and Published in the
  proceeding of the Thirteenth International
  Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical
  Engineering (AMME-13), 27-29 May, The Military
  Technical College, Cairo, Egypt, (2008).
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• 11. Mohiuddin, A.K.M., A. Rahman, A. Arfah and
  M.A. Farraen, Probable solution of Torque Dip
  Problem of CAMPRO 1.6L Engine, Proceedings of
  the 4th BSME ASME International Conference on
  Thermal Engineering, 27 29 December, 2008,
  Dhaka, Bangladesh, Paper No. 129.
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• 12. Hossain, A., Rahman, A. Mohiuddin, A.K.M.,
  Iqbal, A.K.M.P. and Arifin, M. Modeling of the
  Developed Flexible Skirt Air-Cushion Track
  Vehicle Model, Proceedings of the 4th BSME
  ASME International Conference on Thermal
  Engineering, 27 29 December, 2008, Dhaka,
  Bangladesh, Paper No. 097.

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• 13. Rahman, A., Hossain, A. and Mohiuddin,
  A.K.M., Integrated Mechanics for Design of the
  Hybrid Electrical Air-Cushion Track Vehicle for
  Swamp Peat, Proceedings of the 4th BSME ASME
  International Conference on Thermal Engineering,
  27 29 December, 2008, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Paper
  No. 103.
•  14. Ataur, R., and Mohiuddin, A.K.M., Designed
  and Development of a Full Segmented Rubber
  Tracked Air-Cushion Electrical Vehicle for the
  CollectionTransportation Operation of Palm Oil
  on Low Bearing Capacity Peat Terrain in
  Malaysia, Proceedings of the World Automotive
  Congress (FISITA 2008), 14-19 September, 2008,
  Munich, Germany, Paper No. F2008-05-106.
• 15. A.K.M. Mohiuddin, Ahmed A.I.S. Ashour and Yap
  Haw Shin, Design Optimization of Valve Timing at
  Various Engine Speeds Using Multi-Objective
  Genetic Algorithm (MOGA), Proceedings of the
  19th IASTED International Conference MODELLING
  and SIMULATION (MS 2008), May 26-28, 2008, Quebec
  City, Quebec, Canada, Paper No. 620-165.

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• 16. Mohiuddin, A.K.M., Rahman, A., Arfah, A. and
  Farraen, M.A., Investigation of Low End Torque
  Dip Problem of CAMPRO 1.6L Engine, Proceedings
  of the 13th Int. AMME Conference (AMME-13), 27-29
  May, 2008, Military Technical College, Cairo,
  Egypt, Paper No. AE 39.

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Research Projects
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• Prof. Dr. Waqar
• Parametric study of Car Aerodynamics RM 5000.00
• Aerodynamic Measurements on a Hybrid Airship.  RM
  5000.00
• Three dimensional Kinetic Gas Scheme (BGK) for
  Inviscid Flow Problems, IIUM Endowment grant, RM
  20,000.00, Co-researcher. December 2008.
• Design and Development of a Hybrid Airship, IIUM
  Endowment Grant, RM 10,000.00, Principal
  researcher
• Prof. Dr. Ashraf
• Malaysian National Research Project (IRPA), A
  Gas-Kinetic Scheme For The Compressible
  Navier-Stokes Equation, RM 84,000 (Completed in
  July 08)
•  Malaysian National Research Project (FRGS),
  Experimental Investigation of a wing tip
  alleviation , RM 100,000
•  Two dimensional Kinetic Gas Scheme BGK for
  Turbulent Flow Problem, RM 8, 400.
• Flying Wing UAV Modification and Testing, RM
  1,500
• Build and Flight testing of Micro aerial Vehicle
  (MAV) and free wing UAV, RM 5,000.
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• Assoc. Prof. DR. Fattah
• Investigation of Crack Behavior in Bonded
  Dissimilar Materials under Thermal Loading,
  (FRGS), RM 57,000.
• Dr. Raed
• Simulation of Charge-Exchange Ions in Ion Optics
  Gridlet, EDW B 0701-18, IIUM Endowment Fund, RM
  10,000.
• Prof. Dr. Mohiuddin
• IIUM Fundamental Research Grant (IFRG)
• (i) Project Title Design of an Exhaust Muffler
  to Optimize Noise and Backpressure
• Year 2008
• Project no. IFRG 0704-84
• Amount RM 15,000
• Researchers Prof. Dr. A.K.M. Mohiuddin and Prof.
  Dr. Waqar Asrar.

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• (ii) Project Title Fundamental Study and
  Development of a Low Cost Catalytic Converter
• Year 2008
• Project no. IFRG 0704-85
• Amount RM 15,000
• Researchers Prof. Dr. A.K.M. Mohiuddin and Prof.
  Dr. Ahmad Faris Ismail.
• (iii) Project Title Study on the Traction
  Mechanics of a Hybrid Semi-Tracked-Wheeled
  vehicle for Low Bearing capacity Peat.
• Year 2008
• Project no. IFRG 0703-69
• Amount RM 15,500
• Researchers Dr. Md. Ataur Rahman and Prof. Dr.
  AKM Mohiuddin.

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• 2. Research Endowment (Type B)
• (i) Title of the project Investigation and
  Probable Solution of Low End Torque Dip Problem
  of 1.6L Gasoline Engine
• Year 2008
• Project no. ENDW B 0803-97
• Amount 20,000
• Researchers Prof. Dr. AKM Mohiuddin and Dr. Md.
  Ataur Rahman.
• (ii) Title of the Project Design and development
  of a model on Hybrid Full-Tracked Air-cushion
  Electrical Vehicle for Swamp peat in Malaysia.
• Year 2008
• Project no. ENDW B 0703-50
• Amount RM 10,000
• Researchers Dr. Md. Ataur Rahman and Prof. Dr.
  AKM Mohiuddin.

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• Title of the Project Hydraulic actuated control
  metal belt pulley continuous variable
  transmission system for a medium scale vehicle.
• Year 2008
• Project no. ENDW B 0804-130
• Amount RM 20,000
• Researchers Dr. Md. Ataur Rahman and Prof. Dr.
  AKM Mohiuddin.
• 3. Research Endowment (Type A)
• (i) Title of the Project Design and fabrication
  of 2nd generation IIUM buggy Car.
• Year 2008
• Project no. ENDW A08-310
• Amount RM5000
• Researchers Prof. Dr. AKM Mohiuddin and Dr. Md.
  Ataur Rahman.

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• (ii)Title of the Project Design and fabrication
  of 2nd generation IIUM buggy Car.
• Year 2008
• Project no. ENDW A09-337
• Amount RM5000
• Researchers Dr. Kassim A. Abdullah and Prof. Dr.
  AKM Mohiuddin.

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Additional Activities

• Dr. Waqar
• Current PhD Students
• 1. Omar ElSayed
• 2. Abdul Hafid
• 3. Ong Jiun Chit
• 4. Rashmi Walvekar
• MSc student
• 1. Julian Ping
• External Examiner
• Ph. D. Thesis, Dept. of Applied Mechanics,
  Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, IIT Delhi,
  India, January 2008.
• External assessor
• External assessor for e-Science project
  evaluation, UTM, 5/9/08, Skudai, Johor.

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Additional Activities

• Dr. Mohiuddin
• Supervision of MSc. in Manufacturing Engineering
• MSc. Thesis The Studies and Improvement of
  Ventilation System in the Paint Shop by Abdul
  Rashid bin Mohd. Ali, June 2008 (Completed).
  Credit Hours 18.
• MSc Students
• 1. Noor Azammi
• 2. Mohammad Edilan
• Examiner
• External Examiner, Masters Thesis,
  Implementation of TPM in Roof Tile Industry, for
  Improving Plant Effectiveness, University
  Malaya.
• External Examiner, Masters Thesis, Heat and
  Moisture Transfer and Energy Performance of a
  Refrigerator with Open and Closed Door
  Condition, University Malaya.
• Internal Examiner, Masters Thesis, Job
  satisfaction and Staff Turnover A Case Study on
  IKIP Education Sdn Bhd, Kulliyyah of
  Engineering, IIUM, 2008.

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• Reviewer
• Journal Energy and Environment
• Paper Title Greenhouse Gas Emissions from
  Refrigeration Equipment in Malaysia
• Dr. Ashraf
• Ph. D students 4
• M. Sc
• Mhd. Shenzad

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Thank you