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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Israel
2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
41
Citations
11413
World Ranking
1881
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Dvora Barnea is affiliated with Tel Aviv University in Israel and specializes in the field of engineering, with a primary focus on mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, computational mechanics, and mechanics of materials. Their research encompasses core topics such as fluid dynamics and mixing, heat transfer and boiling studies, fluid dynamics and thin films, heat transfer mechanisms, metallurgical processes and thermodynamics, flow measurement and analysis, and fluid dynamics combined with heat transfer.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Dvora Barnea demonstrate a consistent focus on multiphase flow, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics across a variety of applied settings. Notable papers include:

  • Interfacial structure of upward gas-liquid annular flow in inclined pipes (2020), published in the International Journal of Multiphase Flow
  • Wave identification in upward annular flow - a focus on ripple characterization (2021), published in the International Journal of Multiphase Flow
  • Evolution of waves in a horizontal pipe propagating on a surface of a liquid film sheared by gas (2021), published in Physics of Fluids
  • Transient flow of evaporating fluid in multiple parallel pipes, theory and experiments (2020), published in the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Flow of evaporating fluid in multiple parallel pipes-vertical downwards flow (2022), published in the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Barnea frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Multiphase Flow
  • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Physics of Fluids
  • Multiphase Science and Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Collaborative relationships are also evident in the publication record. Frequent co-authors who have contributed to their work include:

  • Yehuda Taitel
  • Adam Fershtman
  • Lev Shemer
  • Ron Rene Hayat
  • Lukas Robers

Their research contributions primarily address engineering challenges involving fluid dynamic systems and heat transfer processes, emphasizing the behavior of multiphase flows, wave phenomena in fluid films, and evaporating fluids in compound pipe systems. Through their publications, Barnea's work contributes to the understanding of complex flow dynamics and heat transfer mechanisms in industrial and scientific applications.

Best Publications

  • Modelling flow pattern transitions for steady upward gas-liquid flow in vertical tubes

    Yehuda Taitel;Dvora Barnea;A. E. Dukler

  • A unified model for predicting flow-pattern transitions for the whole range of pipe inclinations

    D. Barnea

  • Two-Phase Slug Flow

    Yehuda Taitel;Dvora Barnea

  • Flow pattern transition for gas-liquid flow in horizontal and inclined pipes. Comparison of experimental data with theory

    Dvora Barnea;Ovadia Shoham;Yehuda Taitel;A.E. Dukler

  • Flow pattern in horizontal and vertical two phase flow in small diameter pipes

    D. Barnea;Y. Luninski;Y. Taitel

  • Holdup of the liquid slug in two phase intermittent flow

    Dvora Barnea;Neima Brauner

  • Slurry flow in horizontal pipes—experimental and modeling

    P. Doron;D. Granica;D. Barnea

  • Flow pattern transition for vertical downward two phase flow

    Dvora Barnea;Ovadia Shoham;Yehuda Taitel

  • Transition from annular flow and from dispersed bubble flow—unified models for the whole range of pipe inclinations

    D. Barnea

  • A three-layer model for solid-liquid flow in horizontal pipes

    P. Doron;D. Barnea

  • Flow pattern transition for downward inclined two phase flow; horizontal to vertical

    Dvora Barnea;Ovadia Shoham;Yehuda Taitel

  • A model for slug length distribution in gas-liquid slug flow

    D. Barnea;Y. Taitel

  • Flow pattern maps for solid-liquid flow in pipes

    P. Doron;D. Barnea

  • Gas-liquid flow in inclined tubes: Flow pattern transitions for upward flow

    D. Barnea;O. Shoham;Y. Taitel;A.E. Dukler

  • Kelvin-Helmholtz stability criteria for stratified flow: viscous versus non-viscous (inviscid) approaches

    D. Barnea;Y. Taitel

  • A consistent approach for calculating pressure drop in inclined slug flow

    Yehuda Taitel;Dvora Barnea

  • The relation between the Taylor bubble motion and the velocity field ahead of it

    S Polonsky;L Shemer;D Barnea

  • Stratified three phase flow in pipes

    Y. Taitel;D. Barnea;J.P. Brill

  • Experimental investigation of the velocity field induced by a Taylor bubble rising in stagnant water

    R van Hout;A Gulitski;D Barnea;L Shemer

  • Evolution of statistical parameters of gas–liquid slug flow along vertical pipes

    R van Hout;D Barnea;L Shemer

Frequent Co-Authors

Yehuda Taitel
Yehuda Taitel Tel Aviv University
Lev Shemer
Lev Shemer Tel Aviv University
A. E. Dukler
A. E. Dukler University of Houston
James P. Brill
James P. Brill University of Tulsa
Gad Hetsroni
Gad Hetsroni Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

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