Publications

Engineering Sciences

Dynamic hygrothermal behavior and energy performance analysis of a novel multilayer building envelope based on PCM and hemp concrete

Dongxia Wu, Mourad Rahim, Mohammed El Ganaoui, Rachid Bennacer, Rabah Djedjig, Bin Liu

Construction and Building Materials - 2022

Engineering Sciences

Effect of Different Plenum-Chamber Coefficients on the Frosting of Air-Cooler

The performance of the air-cooler in refrigeration systems plays a key role in their energy efficiency. Here, the plenum-chamber coefficient was defined to investigate a possible way of enhancing the refrigeration coefficient that reflects the…

Bin Liu, Shengqiang Shi, Yongshan Liu, Rachid Bennacer, Aiqiang Chen, Panagiotis Theodorakis

Energies - 2022

Engineering Sciences

Multilayer assembly of phase change material and bio-based concrete: A passive envelope to improve the energy and hygrothermal performance of buildings

Dongxia Wu, Mourad Rahim, Mohammed El Ganaoui, Rachid Bennacer, Bin Liu

Energy Conversion and Management - 2022

Engineering Sciences

On the effect of concentration and wettability on polymer drops impact, dynamics and energy dissipation

The present study aims to understand the influence of small quantities of poly-ethylene oxide (PEO) diluted in pure distilled water with concentrations of 50, 100 and 200 parts per million (ppm) in the impact phenomenon of drops onto substrates of…

Rachid Bennacer, Xiaoyan Ma, Khellil Sefiane

European Physical Journal: Applied Physics - 2022

Engineering Sciences

Double Diffusive Convection of Power Law Fluids Through Taylor–Couette Flow

Samir Khali, Ali Bousri, Abdelmalek Hamadouche, Djamel Eddine Ameziani, Rachid Bennacer, Rachid Nebbali

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer - 2022

Engineering Sciences

Effect of temperature and surfactants on evaporation and contact line dynamics of sessile drops

Rachid Bennacer, Xiaoyan Ma

Heliyon - 2022

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

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