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Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha

Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
40
Citations
6551
World Ranking
7316
National Ranking
31

Overview

Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha is affiliated with the Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos in Brazil. Their research activity is concentrated mainly in the field of Engineering, with a focus on several subfields including Mechanical Engineering, Computational Mechanics, Civil and Structural Engineering, Ocean Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research covers a range of specialized topics prominently featuring Wave and Wind Energy Systems, Heat Transfer and Optimization, Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Structural Load-Bearing Analysis, Heat Transfer Mechanisms, and Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization.

They have contributed to multiple recent academic papers, including:

  • Design of fin structures for phase change material (PCM) melting process in rectangular cavities (2021), Journal of Energy Storage
  • An experimental study of performance, combustion and emissions characteristics of an ethanol HCCI engine using water injection (2021), Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Dual fuel ethanol port injection in a compression ignition diesel engine: Technical analysis, environmental behavior, and economic viability (2021), Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Geometric optimization of a lid-driven cavity with two rectangular intrusions under mixed convection heat transfer: A numerical investigation motivated by constructal design (2020), International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Emergence of asymmetric straight and branched fins in horizontally oriented latent heat thermal energy storage units (2022), International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

The scientific venues where Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha frequently publishes include:

  • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • Defect and Diffusion Forum/Diffusion and defect data, solid state data. Part A, Defect and Diffusion Forum
  • Proceedings of the 18th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering
  • Ciência e Natura
  • International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Collaborations have played a substantial role in their career, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Liércio André Isoldi
  • Elizaldo Domingues dos Santos
  • Cesare Biserni
  • Mateus das Neves Gomes
  • Bianca Neves Machado

In addition to journal articles, their work extends to book publications under the Trans Tech Publications Ltd. eBooks, with titles including Transfer Phenomena in Fluid and Heat Flows XIII (2021), Transfer Phenomena in Fluid and Heat Flows XI (2020), and Transfer Phenomena in Fluid and Heat Flows XV (2024).

Best Publications

  • Thermodynamic optimization of geometry: T- and Y-shaped constructs of fluid streams

    A. Bejan;L.A.O. Rocha;S. Lorente

  • Constructal design for cooling a disc-shaped area by conduction

    L.A.O Rocha;S Lorente;A Bejan

  • Constructal design of Y-shaped assembly of fins

    Giulio Lorenzini;Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha

  • A comparative study of elliptical and circular sections in one- and two-row tubes and plate fin heat exchangers

    L.A.O. Rocha;F.E.M. Saboya;J.V.C. Vargas

  • Constructal H-shaped cavities according to Bejan’s theory

    Cesare Biserni;L. A. O. Rocha;G. Stanescu;Enrico Lorenzini

  • Constructal design of T–Y assembly of fins for an optimized heat removal

    Giulio Lorenzini;Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha

  • Numerical investigation about the improvement of the thermal potential of an Earth-Air Heat Exchanger (EAHE) employing the Constructal Design method

    Michel Kepes Rodrigues;Ruth da Silva Brum;Joaquim Vaz;Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha

  • Inverted fins: geometric optimization of the intrusion into a conducting wall

    Cesare Biserni;L. A. Rocha;A. Bejan

  • Design of fin structures for phase change material (PCM) melting process in rectangular cavities

    Rejane De Césaro Oliveski;Fábio Becker;Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha;Cesare Biserni

  • Conduction tree networks with loops for cooling a heat generating volume

    L.A.O. Rocha;S. Lorente;A. Bejan

  • Constructal design of X-shaped conductive pathways for cooling a heat-generating body

    G. Lorenzini;C. Biserni;L.A.O. Rocha

  • Geometric optimization of T-Y-shaped cavity according to Constructal design

    Giulio Lorenzini;Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha

  • A new computational modeling to predict the behavior of Earth-Air Heat Exchangers

    Ruth da Silva Brum;Joaquim Vaz;Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha;Elizaldo Domingues dos Santos

  • Geometric optimization of shapes on the basis of Bejan's Constructal theory

    L. A. Rocha;Enrico Lorenzini;Cesare Biserni

  • Constructal law and the unifying principle of design

    Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha;Sylvie Lorente;Adrian Bejan

  • Theoretical and numerical analysis on phase change materials (PCM): A case study of the solidification process of erythritol in spheres

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  • Constructal Design Applied to the Geometric Optimization of Y-shaped Cavities Embedded in a Conducting Medium

    G. Lorenzini;Cesare Biserni;L. A. Isoldi;E. D. Dos Santos

  • The impact of latent heat exchanges on the design of earth air heat exchangers

    Emanuel da Silva Diaz Estrada;Matthieu Labat;Sylvie Lorente;Luiz A. O. Rocha

  • Constructal wavy-fin channels of a compact heat exchanger with heat transfer rate maximization and pressure losses minimization

    Yidan Song;Masoud Asadi;Gongnan Xie;L.A.O. Rocha

  • Constructal Design of Convective Y-Shaped Cavities by Means of Genetic Algorithm

    G. Lorenzini;C. Biserni;E. D. Estrada;L. A. Isoldi

  • Constructal design of non-uniform X-shaped conductive pathways for cooling

    G. Lorenzini;C. Biserni;L.A.O. Rocha

Frequent Co-Authors

Giulio Lorenzini
Giulio Lorenzini University of Parma
Adrian Bejan
Adrian Bejan Duke University
Sylvie Lorente
Sylvie Lorente Villanova University
Sandro Campos Amico
Sandro Campos Amico Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa
Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa Federal University of Rio Grande
Gongnan Xie
Gongnan Xie Northwestern Polytechnical University
Francis Meunier
Francis Meunier Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers
W. J. Minkowycz
W. J. Minkowycz University of Illinois at Chicago
Louis Gosselin
Louis Gosselin Université Laval

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