Browsing by Author "Rasheed, Rassol Hamed"

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Battery thermal management system by employing different phase change materials with SWCNT nanoparticles to obtain better battery cooling performance
(Elsevier, 2024) Ren, Jiaxuan; Salahshour, Soheıl; Bagheritabar, Mohsen; Abdul-Redha, Hadeel Kareem; Al-Bahrani, Mohammed; Singh, Sandeep; Toghraie, D.
Maintaining a stable temperature within a battery is essential for optimizing the performance of battery thermal management systems. Phase change materials (PCMs) have demonstrated potential in achieving this stability. This study investigates the use of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) dispersed in three PCMs with varying fusion temperatures to regulate the temperature of a lithium-ion battery (LIB) during discharge, a common scenario in electric vehicles. A Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) approach was utilized to simulate the liquid-solid transition of the PCMs, incorporating buoyancy forces in the liquid phase surrounding the LIB. The study examined the effects of different C-rates (1, 2, and 3), SWCNT volume fractions (0, 2, and 4 %), and three types of PCMs (RT27, RT35, and RT58) across multiple simulation scenarios to evaluate their impacts on LIB temperature and PCM melting fraction. Results indicate that nano-enhanced PCMs, which exhibit superior convection effects in the liquid phase, significantly enhance battery cooling performance. Specifically, at a C-rate of 1, using a 4 % volume fraction of nanoparticles in the PCM reduces the battery temperature by an average of 4.138 K compared to cases without nanoparticles. Additionally, while nanoparticles are generally reported to have a minor effect on cooling and melting processes, this study reveals that considering the beneficial effects of SWCNTs and the physical properties of the selected PCMs, the cooling performance of LIBs improves by 4.69 percentage points for the scenario with a C-rate of 3, RT58, and phi = 0.02. In this particular case, the melting process is more pronounced in the top half of the battery, where the increased velocity magnitude of the melted region contributes to enhanced battery cooling.
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Investigating the effect of welding tool length on mechanical strength of welded metallic matrix by molecular dynamics simulation
(Elsevier Science inc, 2024) Yang, Xuejin; Salahshour, Soheıl; Saleh, Sami Abdulhak; Al-Bahrani, Mohammed; Manjunath, C.; Kumar, Raman; Sabetvand, Rozbeh
The welding process and the properties of welding instruments may improve the mechanical performance of an item. One of these properties is the length of the welding tool. This approach has a substantial effect on the mechanical strength of the metallic matrix. The current study used molecular dynamics modeling and LAMMPS software to evaluate the effect of welding tool length on the mechanical properties of a welded Cu-Ag metallic matrix. This simulation makes use of the Lennard-Jones potential function and the embedded atom model. First, the equilibrium phase of modeled samples was verified by changing the computation of kinetic and total energies. Next, the mechanical properties of the welded matrix were studied using the stated Young's modulus and ultimate strength. The stress-strain curve of samples demonstrated that the mechanical strength of atomic samples increased as the length of the welding tool (penetration depth) increased. Numerically, by increasing the tool penetration depth of Fe tools from 2 & Aring; to 8 & Aring;, Young's modulus and ultimate strength of the matrixes sample increase from 34.360 GPa to 1390.84 MPa to 38.44 GPa and 1510 MPa, respectively. This suggested that the length of the Fe welding tool significantly affected the mechanical properties of the welded metallic matrix. The longer the length of Fe welding tools, the more particles were involved, and consequently, more bonds were formed among the particles. Bonding among the particles caused changes in mechanical properties, such as greater ultimate strength. This method can optimize mechanical structures and be useful in various industries.