Publications

Engineering Sciences

Influence of Broken Twisted Tape on Heat Transfer Performance in Novel Axial Corrugated Tubes: Experimental and Numerical Study

Suvanjan Bhattacharyya, Ali Cemal Benim, Rachid Bennacer, Kunal Dey

Heat Transfer Engineering - 2022

Physics

Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Dipolar ZnO Nanoparticles and Microdroplets

In this work, we investigated the orientation and the polarization of ZnO nanoparticles, which serve as building blocks of highly monodisperse microspheres, using a droplet microfluidic-assisted synthesis method. We observe, for the first time, a…

Najla Ghifari, Rachid Bennacer, Adil Chahboun, Abdel El Abed

Micromachines - 2022

Engineering Sciences

Refrigeration performance and the elastocaloric effect in natural and synthetic rubbers

R. Bennacer, B. Liu, M. Yang, A. Chen

Applied Thermal Engineering - 2022

Engineering Sciences

Effects of humidification process on thermal performance of floor heating systems: An experimental study

Tianying Li, Abdelatif Merabtine, Mohammed Lachi, Rachid Bennacer

Building and Environment - 2022

Engineering Sciences

Imbibition or drying dynamics: Controlled by big and small capillaries interconnectivity

Rachid Bennacer, Xiaoyan Ma

Construction and Building Materials - 2022

Engineering Sciences

Experimental study on refrigeration performance optimisation of reciprocating room temperature magnetic refrigerator

Georges El Achkar, Bin Liu, Rachid Bennacer

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering - 2022

Engineering Sciences

Navier Slip and Heat Transfer in a Nanofluid Due to a Stretching/Shrinking Sheet: An Analytical Study

A. B. Vishalakshi, U. S. Mahabaleshwar, M. El. Ganaoui, R. Bennacer

Fluid Dynamic and Material Process - 2022

Mechanics of materials

Infrared thermography method to estimate fretting crack initiation length with respect to grain size

Hugo Lannay, Siegfried Fouvry, Bruno Berthel, Camille Gandiolle, Jan Neggers

10th International Symposium on Fretting Fatigue - 2022

Engineering Sciences

Multifunctional Properties of Polyvinylidene-Fluoride-Based Materials: From Energy Harvesting to Energy Storage

Organic ferroelectrics are increasingly important due to their complementary properties to classical, inorganic ferroelectrics. Flexibility, chemical resistance, scalability, high breakdown fields, and biocompatibility are attractive for many…

Matthieu Fricaudet, Katarina Žiberna, Samir Salmanov, Jens Kreisel, Delong He, Brahim Dkhil, Tadej Rojac, Mojca Otoničar, Pierre-Eymeric Janolin, Andraž Bradeško

ACS Applied Electronic Materials - 2022

Engineering Sciences

Assessing the effect of compaction pressure on the mechanical properties of polytetrafluoroethylene elaborated by field assisted sintering technique

We study the effect of compaction pressure on the mechanical properties of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) synthesized by the field-assisted sintering technique (FAST). PTFE is a commonly polymer use material with various technological applications…

H. Boulman, A. Mdarhri, I. El Aboudi, C. Brosseau, O. Lame, D. He, J. Bai

Polymer - 2022