Ali Haj Ebrahim Hosseini , Mahdi Nili-Ahmadabadi , Man Yeong Ha
{"title":"Aerodynamic optimization of Magnus wind turbine blades using a stator-integrated design behind rotating cylinders","authors":"Ali Haj Ebrahim Hosseini , Mahdi Nili-Ahmadabadi , Man Yeong Ha","doi":"10.1016/j.ijft.2025.101414","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijft.2025.101414","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>To improve the efficiency and viability of Magnus wind turbines (MWTs) as a competitive alternative to conventional wind turbines, it is essential to address their aerodynamic limitations. Despite the high lift generated by the rotary cylinders in Magnus wind turbines (MWTs), they lag in overall performance compared with blade-type wind turbines because of their rotary cylinders’ high drag coefficient and frictional torque. In this paper, an aerodynamic body positioned behind a rotary cylinder is designed to control flow, prevent flow separation, and minimize drag effectively. This new and innovative design is proposed for the cross-section of MWT blades. Initially, a segment of the Risø-B1–18 airfoil was chosen as the baseline aerodynamic body behind the rotary cylinder, and its impact on aerodynamic performance was numerically analyzed. Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations were solved using the <em>k‒ω</em> shear stress transport turbulence model within the Fluent 2022 R2 solver at a Reynolds number of 800,000 and cylinder speed ratios of 1.5 to 4.5. Subsequently, the baseline body was optimized through a parametric study and adjoint-based optimization. The optimal size of the gap between the cylinder and the body and the optimal positions of the gap inlet and outlet were determined through the parametric study. Then, the profile of the entire body was optimized by solving adjoint equations in Fluent 2022 R2. The outcomes revealed that incorporating the optimized aerodynamic body behind the rotary cylinder significantly enhanced the lift-to-drag ratio across all speed ratios. Specifically, the lift-to-drag ratio increased by 400% and 450% at the speed ratios of 1.5 and 4.5, respectively, compared to the rotary cylinder without the aerodynamic body. Moreover, the rotary cylinder with the optimized aerodynamic body yielded a 70% reduction in frictional torque compared with the rotary cylinder without the aerodynamic body. These findings demonstrate the potential of aerodynamic shaping in unlocking higher efficiency for MWTs. Future research will focus on experimental validation and full-scale rotor integration, paving the way for practical implementation in the wind energy sector.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Thermofluids","volume":"30 ","pages":"Article 101414"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145097955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermal flow of Al2O3–Cu–Ag/Water Nanofluid over a stretching surface with coriolis and Joule heating effects in porous media","authors":"Muqadssa Shahzadi , Shagufta Yasmeen","doi":"10.1016/j.ijft.2025.101376","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijft.2025.101376","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this research work, we investigated thermal efficiency in the case of ternary-hybrid nanofluids through a three-dimensional stretching sheet in the presence of magnetic field, Daracy porous medium, and joule heating using Tiwari Das model. The governing nonlinear partial differential equations reduce to nonlinear ordinary differential equations by applying a suitable set of similarity transformations. The transformed ODEs are numerically solved by using MATLAB’s bvp4c solver. The effects of key parameters, including magnetic field strength, Darcy parameter, dimensionless Prandtl number, and Eckert number, on the velocity components and temperature distribution are analyzed through graphical representations. The results indicate that increasing the Eckert number significantly enhances the temperature of the ternary hybrid nanofluid. The effect of these parameter on skin friction <span><math><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>f</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>′</mo><mo>′</mo></mrow></msup><mrow><mo>(</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> and Nusselt number <span><math><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>θ</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>′</mo></mrow></msup><mrow><mo>(</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> are evaluated, reflecting variations in velocity gradients and surface heat transfer rate. The findings of this study offer valuable insights for engineering applications requiring efficient thermal management, such as electronic cooling, energy systems, and thermal processing in industrial machinery. The enhanced understanding of tri-hybrid nanofluid behavior under magnetic and porous media conditions can contribute to the development of advanced heat exchangers and improved performance in MHD-based thermal systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Thermofluids","volume":"30 ","pages":"Article 101376"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145097954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Darcy–Brinkman–Forchheimer model for natural convection analysis of porous cavity with entropy generation and triangle vanes","authors":"Musa Bahmani , Morteza Babagoli , Payam Jalili , Bahram Jalili , Davood Domiri Ganji","doi":"10.1016/j.ijft.2025.101411","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijft.2025.101411","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper investigates the temperature distribution in solid and fluid phases, stream function, natural convection, and thermal entropy generation. In the current work, the temperature diffusion in the solid and fluid phases, stream function, and entropy generation are all analyzed using the finite element method (FEM). Considerably, several circular heated obstacles exert an effect on thermal performance, including stream function Ψ, and temperature distribution in solid phase θ<sub><em>s</em></sub> and fluid phase θ<sub><em>f</em></sub>, entropy generation. Moreover, to achieve optimal system performance and energy utilization, emphasis should be placed on the detailed examination of influential parameters such as Rayleigh number, Darcy number, Prandtl number, and ε on fluid flow, Nu<sub>f, ave</sub>, Nu<sub>s, ave</sub>, S<sub>htf, ave</sub>, S<sub>hts, ave</sub>, and Ty<sub>ave</sub>. The computation in the results was validated by accurately adapting it to the stream function, temperature diffusion in the solid phase and fluid phase, and various γ for <em>Nu</em><sub><em>f</em>, <em>ave</em></sub> and <em>Nu</em><sub><em>s</em>, <em>ave</em></sub>. Based on numerical results, it was found that there was a noticeable increase in <em>S</em><sub><em>htf</em>, <em>ave</em></sub>, <em>S</em><sub><em>hts</em>, <em>ave</em></sub>, <em>Nu</em><sub><em>f</em>, <em>ave</em></sub> and <em>Nu</em><sub><em>s</em>, <em>ave</em></sub> as the Darcy and Rayleigh numbers increased. Conversely, <em>S</em><sub><em>htf</em>, <em>ave</em></sub>, <em>S</em><sub><em>hts</em>, <em>ave</em></sub>, <em>Nu</em><sub><em>f</em>, <em>ave</em></sub> and <em>Nu</em><sub><em>s</em>, <em>ave</em></sub> dropped with an increase in ε.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Thermofluids","volume":"30 ","pages":"Article 101411"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145098014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coupled magneto-bioconvective dynamics of Eyring–Powell ternary hybrid nanofluids through porous media: a neural network-based predictive approach","authors":"N. Naheed , F. Zia , Muhammad Bilal Riaz","doi":"10.1016/j.ijft.2025.101406","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijft.2025.101406","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study introduces the two-stage analysis in fluid dynamics by investigating the heat and mass transport behavior of the non-Newtonian Eyring-Powell fluid model. It scrutinizes the synergistic effects of a trihybrid nanofluid– comprising Molybdenum disulfide (<em>MoS</em><sub>2</sub>), magnetic iron oxide (<em>Fe</em><sub>3</sub><em>O</em><sub>4</sub>), Uranium dioxide (<em>UO</em><sub>2</sub>), and blood– with magnetic field effect, mixed convection, viscous dissipation, heat source, and thermal radiation, alongside the bioconvection phenomenon over a permeably elongating sheet. This research adopts the local non-similarity approach, transforming and solving the system of equations to evaluate the velocity, temperature, and concentration profiles. The results include graphical representations of these profiles with MATLAB’s bvp4c scheme. The tabular data showcases that the shear stress values are increased with the magnetic parameter, and decreased with permeability, mixed convection and material fluid. As Eckert number rises, the heat transfer rate also rises. But with the values of radiation, permeability and magnetic field increasing, the rate of heat transfer declines. Both Sherwood number and the mass transfer rate increase when their corresponding dimensionless parameters (i.e., Lewis, Peclet, Schmidt numbers and chemical reaction) are increased. The Levenberg-Marquardt scheme from Artificial Neural Networks was employed, and the accuracy of the ANN-LMBPS model is evaluated by comparing with the bvp4c results of the engineering parameters– namely, shear stress, heat and mass transfer rates, and the Sherwood number. Error reductions for the model vary from <em>E</em><sup>−03</sup> to <em>E</em><sup>−04</sup> for the shear stress, Sherwood number, and mass transfer rate. For heat transfer rate, they range from <em>E</em><sup>−03</sup> to <em>E</em><sup>−05</sup>. Additionally, the effects caused by the physical parameters on the momentum, thermal and concentration boundary layers are exhibited via mean squared error plots, training state, error histogram and regression analyses, under eight different scenarios. This study is unique in its fusion of a blood-based trihybrid nanofluid with a non-Newtonian Eyring-Powell framework, under multi-physical influences, which has not been thoroughly explored before. Additionally, the hybrid two-phase research methodology demonstrates the computational benefits of the ANN model in predicting intricate bio-convective transport systems in addition to confirming the accuracy and consistency of both approaches. This approach is particularly significant for advancing computational modeling in biomedical and industrial cooling systems, where accurate control of heat transmission is critical.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Thermofluids","volume":"30 ","pages":"Article 101406"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145098013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jesús D. Rhenals-Julio , Stiven J. Sofan-Germán , Jorge M. Mendoza-Fandiño , Antonio Bula
{"title":"Spatially resolved exergy analysis and irreversibility mapping of corn-cob biomass gasification in a concentric-tube allothermal reactor","authors":"Jesús D. Rhenals-Julio , Stiven J. Sofan-Germán , Jorge M. Mendoza-Fandiño , Antonio Bula","doi":"10.1016/j.ijft.2025.101410","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijft.2025.101410","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this work, a one‑dimensional local exergy analysis is carried out for corn‑cob gasification in a concentric‑tube reactor. The domain is discretized into differential control volumes and closed with exergy balances for the biomass feed, gasifying agent, and heat supplied from the inner combustion zone; outlet streams include syngas, tar, and unconverted char. Physical and chemical exergies are evaluated for all streams, and the physical exergy of volatiles is approximated from water‑vapor properties. A complementary CFD model provides gas composition and temperature fields used for comparison and interpretation. The resulting irreversibility map exhibits two pronounced peaks—near the combustion region and at the devolatilization front—coincident with intense thermal conversion. The total destroyed exergy is 102.8 kW (9.91 % deviation from a reference configuration), while the exergy efficiency is 66.14 % (≈3 % deviation); the cold‑gas efficiency is 31.86 %. These results validate the modeling framework and show that local exergy mapping pinpoints design targets (e.g., heat‑transfer coupling and devolatilization control) to improve reactor performance and syngas quality in biomass gasification.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Thermofluids","volume":"30 ","pages":"Article 101410"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145098012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Talha Anwar , M. Faisal , Karthikhesvaran Sudhakar Sharmila Karthick , K. Loganathan , Balachandra Pattanaik
{"title":"Falkner-Skan thermal flow of a radiative paraffin-based ternary hybrid nanomaterial over a permeable wedge","authors":"Talha Anwar , M. Faisal , Karthikhesvaran Sudhakar Sharmila Karthick , K. Loganathan , Balachandra Pattanaik","doi":"10.1016/j.ijft.2025.101407","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijft.2025.101407","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Paraffin-based nanomaterials have found vast applications in electronics cooling, solar collectors, thermal energy storage, biomedical devices, aerospace systems, and phase change efficiency. The present model deals with the Falkner-Skan thermal dynamics of a ternary hybrid nanomaterial (THNM) comprising spherical cobalt, cylindrical gold, and platelet copper nanoparticles in paraffin over an extending/contracting wedge. Thermal flow attributes are enhanced by combining a magnetic field, thermal radiation, suction/injection, and magnetic dissipation effects. A non-dimensional mathematical model is formulated using the fundamental laws of thermal fluid dynamics, thermophysical properties of nanoparticles, scaling transformations, and the Prandtl boundary layer approach. The formulated problem is then solved numerically using the Keller-box method. The obtained results for the flow-field function, temperature function, skin friction coefficient, and the Nusselt number are visualized graphically for the dissimilar values of the involved constraints. It is observed that paraffin-based ternary hybrid nanofluid (paraffin+Co+Au+Cu) demonstrates superior thermal and momentum transport performance by effectively balancing nanoparticle contributions, radiation, magnetic fields, and flow parameters. While cobalt enhances skin friction and heat transfer, gold and copper improve thermal transport, and favorable pressure gradients with suction further boost efficiency, making these nanofluids highly promising for advanced thermal management applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Thermofluids","volume":"30 ","pages":"Article 101407"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145061381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Y. Veeranna , Prateek Kattimani , Ankur Kulshreshta , R.J. Punith Gowda , Ioannis E. Sarris
{"title":"Significance of solvent percentage and external pollutant source concentration in Boger-micropolar fluid flow across a semi-circular body","authors":"Y. Veeranna , Prateek Kattimani , Ankur Kulshreshta , R.J. Punith Gowda , Ioannis E. Sarris","doi":"10.1016/j.ijft.2025.101399","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijft.2025.101399","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The current investigation explores the influence of the magnetic field on the Boger micropolar liquid motion over a curved stretchable sheet. Further, the mass and heat transportation attributes are analyzed with the significance of heat source/sink, nonlinear thermal radiation, and pollutant concentration. Micropolar liquids are more complicated than Newtonian liquids and represent real-world materials such as polymers and biological liquids. Understanding how contaminants alter these fluids' microstructure and flow behaviour is critical for medical care, biology, and materials research uses. The governing partial differential equations (PDEs) are converted to dimensionless ordinary differential equations (ODEs) using similarity variables. Furthermore, the obtained ODEs are solved using the Runge Kutta Fehlberg’s fourth-fifth order (RKF-45) approach. Moreover, the effects of several dimensionless parameters on the various profiles are depicted in graphs. The increase in the material parameter and relaxation time ratio decreases the velocity profile. As the values of thermal radiation and heat sink/source parameters increase, the temperature profile intensifies. The increase in values of the pollutant external source parameter increases the concentration profile. As the Schmidt number values increase, the concentration profile reduces.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Thermofluids","volume":"29 ","pages":"Article 101399"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144931929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Heat and mass transfer of a 2D monolayer hybrid nanofluid over a vertical cone subject to magnetic, porosity, and chemical reaction impacts","authors":"E. Ragulkumar , Talha Anwar","doi":"10.1016/j.ijft.2025.101387","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijft.2025.101387","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The proposed research investigates the heat and mass transmission behavior of a hybrid nanofluid composed of two-dimensional monolayer materials, namely graphene and <span><math><mrow><mi>M</mi><mi>o</mi><msub><mrow><mi>S</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></math></span> in <span><span>Table 1</span></span>, over a heated vertical cone. The governing dimensional equations for the velocity, temperature, and concentration fields are converted to nondimensional form using the required transformations. The finite difference technique is utilized for numerical solutions, particularly the Crank–Nicolson scheme combined with the Thomas algorithm. Critical metrics such as skin friction, Nusselt number, and Sherwood number are used to study fluid flow, heat transfer, and mass transfer in a variety of scenarios. The results are cross-checked against existing studies, demonstrating good agreement and confirming the suggested model’s reliability. This makes them excellent for application in modern industrial settings, notably in the development of high-performance heat exchangers, where more accurate heat flow may greatly boost efficiency and lower operating costs. Applying 2D monolayer-based hybrid nanofluids to cooling systems enhances temperature control, making it ideal for cooling electronics, HVAC systems, and other key thermal management tasks. Composites are also highly stable and good at carrying heat, thus perfectly suited for use in green energy devices like solar thermal collectors and energy storage systems, where efficient heat transfer is vital to performance. The results show that mixed nanofluids have the potential to drive technological innovation, resulting in better system stability and energy efficiency. Its findings provide a clear route to increased process efficiency and sustainability in startups that need improved heat management systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Thermofluids","volume":"29 ","pages":"Article 101387"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144931930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessment of the energy utilization of industrial residual wood in the context of isolated geographical regions","authors":"Deybi Brayan Asprilla-Mosquera , Yesid Aguilar-Lemus","doi":"10.1016/j.ijft.2025.101401","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijft.2025.101401","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study assesses the energy utilization of residual wood biomass generated by sawmills and cabinetmaking workshops in Quibdó, Colombia. Through a combination of geospatial analysis, biomass quantification, and physicochemical characterization, an annual availability of 1177 tons of industrial wood waste was estimated. The samples exhibited favorable energy properties, with a lower heating value (LHV) of up to 15,345 kJ/kg. Using a fixed-bed gasification system integrated with an internal combustion engine, the net electrical potential reached 143.18 kW, sufficient to continuously supply 1126 households in non-interconnected zones (NIZ). A life cycle assessment (LCA) was performed using OpenLCA software, revealing that the pelletizing and drying stages contribute over 99 % of total greenhouse gas emissions, while the gasification process itself had minimal environmental impact. The approach used in this study provides a replicable framework for the valorization of lignocellulosic biomass in geographically isolated regions with similar socio-environmental conditions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Thermofluids","volume":"29 ","pages":"Article 101401"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145018768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muhammad Ahmad Iqbal , Kateřina Skotnicová , Anum Shafiq , Tabassum Naz Sindhu
{"title":"Inconel alloys: A comprehensive review of properties and advanced manufacturing techniques","authors":"Muhammad Ahmad Iqbal , Kateřina Skotnicová , Anum Shafiq , Tabassum Naz Sindhu","doi":"10.1016/j.ijft.2025.101394","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijft.2025.101394","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Inconel alloys, a family of high-performance nickel-based superalloys, are widely used in extreme engineering applications due to their exceptional strength, corrosion resistance, and thermal stability. This review highlights recent advancements in their properties, fabrication methods, and processing techniques. It explores the fundamental alloying mechanisms, microstructural evolution, and phase transformations that influence their mechanical behavior and durability. Key elements such as chromium, niobium, molybdenum, and titanium are examined for their roles in solid solution strengthening, precipitation hardening, and oxidation resistance. The review compares conventional manufacturing techniques such as casting, welding, and machining with advanced additive manufacturing (AM) processes, including Selective Laser Melting (SLM) and Laser Metal Deposition (LMD). It also discusses the influence of process parameters, residual stresses, and post-processing treatments on microstructural refinement and defect mitigation. Challenges such as phase instability, machining difficulties, and the effects of prolonged thermal exposure on fatigue performance are addressed. By integrating insights from metallurgy, manufacturing science, and mechanical performance, this review provides a comprehensive overview of recent developments and emerging trends in the processing and application of Inconel alloys.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Thermofluids","volume":"29 ","pages":"Article 101394"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144931928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}