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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, BR

2024-02-08 to present | Professor (Instituto de Pesquisas Hidráulicas)
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Flavia Zinani

Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos: Sao Leopoldo, RS, BR

2009-03-01 to 2024-01-16 | Professor (PPGEM)
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Flavia Zinani

Education and qualifications (1)

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul: Porto Alegre, RS, BR

2001-08-01 to 2006-09-13 | PhD (PROMEC)
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INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES

2020-01-01 to 2023-12-31 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
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UIDP/04683/2020

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INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES

2020-01-01 to 2023-12-31 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
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UIDB/04683/2020

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Works (40)

Constructal multi-scale cylinders in cross-flow of viscoplastic liquids

Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
2025-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Marcelo Gotardo; Eduardo Henrique Taube Cunegatto; Flávia Schwarz Franceschini Zinani; Daniel Dall’Onder dos Santos; Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha
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Constructal design of three fins inside a lid-driven cavity

Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
2024-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Priscila Martta Rodrigues; Cícero Coelho de Escobar; Flávia Schwarz Franceschini Zinani; Elizaldo Domingues dos Santos; Liércio André Isoldi; Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha
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Constructal design of passive micromixers with multiple obstacles via computational fluid dynamics

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
2023-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Eduardo Henrique Taube Cunegatto; Flávia Schwarz Franceschini Zinani; Cesare Biserni; Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha
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Numerical analysis of tube arrangements with one, two, and four degrees of freedom for heat transfer with pseudoplastic fluids

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
2023-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Eduardo Henrique Taube Cunegatto; Marcelo Gotardo; Flávia Schwarz Franceschini Zinani
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Systematic review on the application of computational fluid dynamics as a tool for the design of coronary artery stents

Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences
2023-05-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Moisés Xavier Guimarães Valentim; Flávia Schwarz Franceschini Zinani; Cleiton Elsner da Fonseca; Diego Pacheco Wermuth
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Fin configurations to reduce lauric acid melting time in a rectangular thermal reservoir

Journal of Energy Storage
2021-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2352-152X
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Pulsatile flow through an idealized arterial bypass graft: an application of the constructal design method

Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
2021-08 | Journal article
Contributors: A. N. Impiombato; F. S. F. Zinani; L. A. O. Rocha; C. Biserni
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DESIGN CONSTRUTAL DE BIFURCAÇÕES EM FORMA DE Y PARA ESCOAMENTOS DE FLUIDOS DE CARREAU

Revista Mundi Engenharia, Tecnologia e Gestão (ISSN: 2525-4782)
2021-08-19 | Journal article
Contributors: David Cristopher Pellejero; Rafael Vinicius Mayer; Marcelo Gotardo; Flavia Schwarz Franceschini Zinani; Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha
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A Simple Transient Poiseuille-Based Approach to Mimic the Womersley Function and to Model Pulsatile Blood Flow

Dynamics
2021-04-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Andrea Natale Impiombato; Giorgio La Civita; Francesco Orlandi; Flavia Schwarz Franceschini Zinani; Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha; Cesare Biserni
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Effects of Reynolds number, plastic number, and flow intensity on the flow and on the heat transfer of a viscoplastic fluid flowing through a planar expansion followed by a contraction

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85096924254

Part of ISSN: 07351933
Contributors: Miranda, L.P.B.; dos Santos, D.D.; Zinani, F.S.F.
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Constructal design of an arterial bypass graft

Heat Transfer
2020-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Rafael F. Dutra; Flavia S. F. Zinani; Luiz A. O. Rocha; C. Biserni
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Fluidization of binary mixtures of biomass and coal with sand: an experimental study

Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
2020-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Guilherme Alfredo Genehr; Álisson Renan Stochero da Silva; Flávia Schwarz Franceschini Zinani; Maria Luiza Sperb Indrusiak
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ASSESMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL parameters IN THE Fluidization of biomass and sand binary mixtures through STATISTICAL analysis

Energy
2019-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0360-5442
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Numerical Study of Newtonian Fluid Flows in T-Shaped Structures with Impermeable Walls

Defect and Diffusion Forum
2019-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1662-9507
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CONSTRUCTAL DESIGN OF FINS IN COOLED CAVITIES BY NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS

Revista de Engenharia Térmica
2019-06-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1676-1790
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Effect of Fluid Viscoplasticity on the Constructal Design of Elliptic Tubes Subjected to Forced Convection

Journal of Engineering Thermophysics
2019-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1810-2328
Part of ISSN: 1990-5432
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Characterization and Potential Evaluation of Residues from the Sugarcane Industry of Rio Grande do Sul in Biorefinery Processes

Natural Resources
2018 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2158-706X
Part of ISSN: 2158-7086
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Constructal design applied to elliptic tubes in convective heat transfer cross-flow of viscoplastic fluids

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85030309464

Contributors: Hermany, L.; Lorenzini, G.; Klein, R.J.; Zinani, F.F.; dos Santos, E.D.; Isoldi, L.A.; Rocha, L.A.O.
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Effect of Bejan and Prandtl numbers on the design of tube arrangements in forced convection of shear thinning fluids: A numerical approach motivated by constructal theory

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85043992420

Contributors: Klein, R.J.; Zinani, F.S.F.; Rocha, L.A.O.; Biserni, C.
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Numerical study of gas–solid drag models in a bubbling fluidized bed

Particulate Science and Technology
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84978521877

Contributors: Zinani, F.; Philippsen, C.G.; Indrusiak, M.L.S.
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Thermal regeneration of waste foundry phenolic sand in a lab scale fluidized bed,Regeneração térmica de areia fenólica de fundição em leito fluidizado em escala laboratorial

Revista Materia
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85043322051

Contributors: Severo, J.A.; Modolo, R.C.E.; Moraes, C.A.M.; Zinani, F.S.F.
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Caracterização de resíduos gerados na colheita e no beneficiamento da macieira para fins energéticos em leitos fluidizados polidispersos

Estudos Tecnológicos em Engenharia
2018-12-30 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1808-7310
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Modelagem de um Tanque de Escorva para Bomba em Sistema de Descarte de Óleo

Estudos Tecnológicos em Engenharia
2018-07-16 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1808-7310
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Simulações numéricas de tempo de congelamento de alimentos utilizando modelos de propriedades termofísicas de alimentos

Estudos Tecnológicos em Engenharia
2018-07-16 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1808-7310
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Application of an EMMS model for bubbly fluidized bed

Defect and Diffusion Forum
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85014959589

Contributors: Kestering, D.A.; Zinani, F.F.S.; Bleyer, G.C.
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Constructal Design of tube arrangements for heat transfer to non-Newtonian fluids

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85029705853

Contributors: Klein, R.J.; Biserni, C.; Zinani, F.S.F.; Rocha, L.A.O.
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Dimensionless pressure drop number for non-newtonian fluids applied to Constructal Design of heat exchangers

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85026673713

Contributors: Klein, R.J.; Lorenzini, G.; Zinani, F.S.F.; Rocha, L.A.O.
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Numerical study of the effect of Reynolds number and aspect ratio in heat transfer from elliptical tubes to viscoplastic fluids employing constructal design

Defect and Diffusion Forum
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85014945350

Contributors: Hermany, L.; Klein, R.J.; Zinani, F.F.; Isoldi, L.A.; Dos Santos, E.D.; Rocha, L.A.O.
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Preliminary Study of Fluidization Curves in Polydisperse Beds Formed by a Binary Mixture of Raphanus sativus L. Husk and Sand

OALib
2017 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2333-9721
Part of ISSN: 2333-9705
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Numerical study of circulating fluidized beds built using Glicksman’s simplified and full sets of scaling parameters

Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84987681393

Contributors: Pedroso, F.A.; Zinani, F.; Indrusiak, M.L.S.
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Oil from the acid silage of Nile tilapia waste: Physicochemical characteristics for its application as biofuel

Renewable Energy
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84923927656

Contributors: Santos, C.E.D.; Silva, J.D.; Zinani, F.; Wander, P.; Gomes, L.P.
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Experimental study on R-600a boiling in 2.6 mm tube

International Journal of Refrigeration
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84873323627

Contributors: Copetti, J.B.; MacAgnan, M.H.; Zinani, F.
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Finite element approximations for quasi-Newtonian flows employing a multi-field GLS method

Computational Mechanics
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-80052688183

Contributors: Zinani, F.; Frey, S.
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Flow boiling heat transfer and pressure drop of R-134a in a mini tube: An experimental investigation

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-79951953787

Contributors: Copetti, J.B.; Macagnan, M.H.; Zinani, F.; Kunsler, N.L.F.
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Galerkin least-squares approximations for upper-convected Maxwell fluid flows

Mechanics Research Communications
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-78649319885

Contributors: Frey, S.; Fonseca, C.; Zinani, F.; Naccache, M.F.
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Stabilized mixed approximations for inertial viscoplastic fluid flows

Mechanics Research Communications
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-77649292393

Contributors: Frey, S.; Silveira, F.S.; Zinani, F.
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Galerkin least-squares multifield approximations for flows of inelastic non-Newtonian fluids

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME
2008 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-52049119764

Contributors: Zinani, F.; Frey, S.
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Galerkin least-squares solutions for purely viscous flows of shear-thinning fluids and regularized yield stress fluids

Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
2007 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-42149122750

Contributors: Zinani, F.; Frey, S.
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Galerkin least-squares finite element approximations for isochoric flows of viscoplastic liquids

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME
2006 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-33747099267

Contributors: Zinani, F.; Frey, S.
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Finite element approximation for single-phase multicomponent flows

Mechanics Research Communications
2005 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-8344251020

Contributors: Franceschini, F.; Frey, S.
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Peer review (25 reviews for 7 publications/grants)

Review activity for Computers in biology and medicine. (3)
Review activity for Flow, turbulence and combustion. (1)
Review activity for International communications in heat and mass transfer. (8)
Review activity for International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. (3)
Review activity for Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering. (4)
Review activity for Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering. (3)
Review activity for The European physical journal plus. (3)