Thermo-Fluids & Energy Systems (TFES) Research Group

Publications

Compiled from Google Scholar and TU Dublin Research (Pure). Last updated: 1 September 2025.

2025

Experimental investigation of a wall-bounded dual jet flow for varying Reynolds number: Flow visualisation, hydrodynamic characteristics, and associated heat transfer
P. J. Murphy, S. Alimohammadi, S. M. O’Shaughnessy
International Journal of Thermal Sciences 211:109699 (May 2025)
Experimental investigation of the effect of the offset ratio on the flow characteristics and heat transfer behaviour of a wall-bounded dual jet flow
P. J. Murphy, S. Alimohammadi, S. M. O’Shaughnessy
International Journal of Thermofluids 26:101125 (Mar 2025)

2024

Micromixing strategies for efficient mixing processes: a comprehensive review
D. Soltani, T. Persoons, S. Alimohammadi
Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 34(11):113001 (Nov 2024)
Two-Dimensional Dual Jets—A Comprehensive Review of Experimental and Numerical Analyses
P. J. Murphy, S. Alimohammadi, S. M. O’Shaughnessy
Energies 17(17):4487 (Sep 2024)
Thermal Performance Comparison of an Adjustable Air Amplifier with Rotary Fans
D. W. Salter, E. H. Oude Essink, G. O’Brien, T. Persoons, S. Alimohammadi
THERMINIC 2024 (Toulouse), IEEE (Sep 2024)
Experimental investigation of dual jet flow past a heated surface: Effect of Reynolds number
P. J. Murphy, S. Alimohammadi, S. M. O’Shaughnessy
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 218:124786 (Jan 2024)
A combined experimental and numerical approach for heat transfer enhancement in a minichannel using half-rectified pulsating flows
P. S. Kumavat, S. Alimohammadi, S. M. O’Shaughnessy
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2766:012180 (May 2024)
Effect of Adjacent Synthetic Jets on Mass Transfer in Microchannels
D. Soltani, T. Persoons, S. Alimohammadi
ASME MNHMT 2024 (Proceedings V001T08A006)

2023

An Experimental-Numerical Study of Heat Transfer Enhancement in a Minichannel Using Asymmetric Pulsating Flows
P. S. Kumavat, S. Alimohammadi, S. M. O’Shaughnessy
IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology 13(8):1147–1154 (Aug 2023)
Experimental Investigation of Heat Transfer to a Dual Jet Flow with Varying Velocity Ratio
P. J. Murphy, S. Alimohammadi, S. M. O’Shaughnessy
ITherm 2023 (IEEE)

2022

A computational conjugate heat transfer study of a rectangular minichannel undergoing sinusoidal flow pulsations
P. S. Kumavat, S. Alimohammadi, S. M. O’Shaughnessy
International Journal of Thermal Sciences 182:107790 (Dec 2022)
An Analysis of the Energy Infrastructure in Generic Data Centres
Y. O. Abdelsalam, T. Persoons, S. Alimohammadi
THERMINIC 2022
Experimental Analysis of Heat Transfer to a Dual Jet Flow: Effect of Reynolds Number
P. Murphy, S. Alimohammadi, S. O’Shaughnessy
THERMINIC 2022
Heat Transfer Enhancement in a Minichannel Due to Asymmetric Sinusoidal Pulsating Flows
P. S. Kumavat, S. Alimohammadi, S. M. O’Shaughnessy
THERMINIC 2022
Numerical Investigation of Adjustable Air Amplifiers as an Alternative to Fans in Data Centre Servers
E. H. Oude Essink, T. Persoons, G. O’Brien, S. Alimohammadi
ITherm 2022
Parametric Investigation of Inlet Pressure and Diffuser Angle Impact on Adjustable Air Amplifier Performance
E. H. Oude Essink, T. Persoons, S. Alimohammadi
THERMINIC 2022

2020

The application of evolutionary algorithms in multi-objective design and optimization of air-cooled heatsinks
Y. O. Abdelsalam, S. Alimohammadi, T. Persoons
Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications 12(2):021003 (Apr 2020)
A novel linear air amplifier technology to replace rotary fans in data center server rack cooling
S. Alimohammadi, T. Persoons
THERMINIC 2020

2019

Experimental investigation of flow pulsation waveforms in rectangular mesochannels for high heat flux electronics cooling
J. McEvoy, S. Alimohammadi, T. Persoons
Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 109:109885 (Dec 2019)
Multi-objective layout optimization of a generic hybrid-cooled data centre blade server
A. Sakanova, S. Alimohammadi, J. McEvoy, S. Battaglioli, T. Persoons
Applied Thermal Engineering 156:514–523 (Jun 2019)
A Techno-Economic Analysis of Current Cooling Techniques in Irish Data Centres
L. Gibbons, B. Coyne, D. Kennedy, S. Alimohammadi
THERMINIC 2019
Correction: Validating a reduced-order model for synthetic jet actuators using CFD and experimental data
T. Persoons, R. Cressall, S. Alimohammadi
Actuators 8(1):16 (Feb 2019)

2018

Aerodynamic noise reduction using dual-jet planar air curtains
K. Zhao, S. Alimohammadi, P. N. Okolo, J. Kennedy, G. J. Bennett
Journal of Sound and Vibration 432:192–212 (Oct 2018)
Validating a reduced-order model for synthetic jet actuators using CFD and experimental data
T. Persoons, R. Cressall, S. Alimohammadi
Actuators 7(4):67 (Sep 2018)
Parametric analysis of laminar pulsating flow in a rectangular channel
R. Blythman, S. Alimohammadi, T. Persoons, N. Jeffers, D. B. Murray
Heat and Mass Transfer 54(8):2177–2186 (Aug 2018)
Benchmarking DES in data-centre server flow modelling using stereoscopic PIV
S. Alimohammadi, J. McEvoy, Y. Delauré, T. Persoons
THERMINIC 2018
Hybrid-Cooled Data Center Server Layout Optimization for Air-Side Heat Recovery
A. Sakanova, S. Alimohammadi, J. McEvoy, T. Persoons
THERMINIC 2018

2017

A multi-objective genetic algorithm optimisation of plate-fin heatsinks
Y. O. Abdelsalam, S. Alimohammadi, Q. Pelletier, T. Persoons
THERMINIC 2017
Comparison of a traditional heat sink versus a vapour chamber heat sink cooled by forced convection
N. Baudin, S. Alimohammadi, R. Kempers, T. Persoons
TFESC 2017 / IWHT 2017
Multi-objective shape optimisation of natural-convection plate-fin heat sinks with localised heat sources
S. Alimohammadi, N. Baudin, R. Kempers, T. Persoons
TFESC 2017 / IWHT 2017

2016

Characterization of flow vectoring phenomenon in adjacent synthetic jets using CFD and PIV
S. Alimohammadi, E. Fanning, T. Persoons, D. B. Murray
Computers & Fluids 140:232–246 (Nov 2016)

2015

On the numerical-experimental analysis and scaling of convective heat transfer to pulsating impinging jets
S. Alimohammadi, D. B. Murray, T. Persoons
International Journal of Thermal Sciences 98:296–311 (Aug 2015)

2014

Experimental validation of a computational fluid dynamics methodology for transitional-flow heat-transfer characteristics of a steady impinging jet
S. Alimohammadi, D. B. Murray, T. Persoons
Journal of Heat Transfer 136(9):091703 (Sep 2014)
A numerical-experimental study of heat transfer enhancement using unconfined steady and pulsating turbulent air jet impingement
S. Alimohammadi, T. Persoons, D. B. Murray
IHTC-15 (2014)
Thermal management using pulsating jet cooling technology
S. Alimohammadi, P. Dinneen, T. Persoons, D. B. Murray
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 525:012011 (2014)

2013

A validated numerical-experimental design methodology for a movable supersonic ejector compressor for waste-heat recovery
S. Alimohammadi, T. Persoons, D. B. Murray, M. R. S. Tehrani, B. Farhanieh, J. Koehler
Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications 6(2):021001 (Oct 2013)

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