George N. Facas, Ph.D., PE

Professor and Dean

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

• Facas, G. N., and Brown, H. L., 1996, "Natural Convection from a Cylinder with Multiple, Low-Conductivity, Longitudinal Baffles," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 39, No. 10, pp.2077-2086

• Facas, G. N., 1996, "Natural Convection from a Buried Elliptic Heat Source," International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 16, pp.519-526

• Facas, G. N., 1995, "Natural Convection from a Buried Pipe with External Baffles," Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, Vol. 27, pp. 595-609

• Facas, G. N., 1994, "Reducing the Heat Transfer from a Hot Pipe Buried in a Semi-Infinite, Saturated, Porous medium," ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 116, pp.473-476

• Facas, G. N., 1993, Natural Convection in a Cavity with Fins Attached to Both Vertical Walls," AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 555-560

• Facas, G. N., 1993, "Laminar Free Convection in a Non-Rectangular Inclined Cavity," AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 447-453

• Facas, G. N., and Farouk, B., 1983, "Transient and Steady-State Natural Convection in a Porous Medium Between Two Concentric Cylinders," ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 103, pp. 660-663

Peer Reviewed Conference Papers

• Facas G. N. and Brown H. L., Improving the effectiveness of pipe insulation by using external, Longitudinal, Baffles”, Proceedings of the ASME/JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, San Diego 1999

• Facas, G. N., Zhang Y., Brown, H. L., and Ruff, G. A., 1996, "An Experimental and Numerical Study of Natural Convection from a Horizontal Cylinder with Longitudinal Baffles," Proceedings of ASME Heat Transfer Division, HTD-Vol. 333, Volume 2, pp. 295-301

• Facas, G. N., 1995, "Natural Convection from an Elliptic Heat Source Buried in a Semi-Infinite, Saturated, Porous Medium," Proceedings of the 4th ASME/JSME Thermal Engineering Conference, Maui, Hawaii, Vol. 3

• Facas, G. N., 1994, "Natural Convection Associated with a Pipe Buried in a Saturated Porous Medium, " AIAA Paper No 94-0346

• Facas, G. N., 1993, "Reducing the Heat Transfer from a Hot Pipe Buried in a Semi-Infinite, Saturated, Porous Medium," Proceedings of the ASME Winder Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, HTD-Vol. 265

• Facas, G. N., 1992, "On the Convective Instability in Long Inclined Cavities," Proceedings of the ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, HTD-Vol. 219

• Facas, G. N., 1992, "Natural Convection in a Cavity with Fins Attached to Both Vertical Walls," Proceedings of the National Heat Transfer Conference, San-Diego, California, HTD-Vol. 198

• Facas, G. N., and Mattioli, T., 1992, "The effects of Baffles on the Natural Convection Flow in a Long Cavity," Proceedings of the 3rd Greek National Congress on Mechanics, H.S.T.A.M., Athens, Greece, Vol. 1

• Facas, G. N., 1992, "Laminar Free Convection in an Inclined Cavity," AIAA Paper No 92-0714

• Facas, G. N., and Mattioli, T., 1991, "Calculations of Two-Dimensional Laminar Flow in an Inclined Cavity Using a PC," Proceedings of the ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, HTD-Vol. 185

• Facas, G. N., and Mattioli, T., 1991, "A Numerical Study of Viscous Flow in an Inclined Cavity," Proceedings of the National Heat Transfer Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, HTD-Vol. 169

• Facas, G. N., and King, D. L., 1991, "A Numerical Study of Two-Dimensional Natural Convection in a Vertical Open Thermosyphon," Proceedings of the 3rd ASME/JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, Reno, Nevada, Vol. 1

• Facas, G. N., and Farouk, B., 1982, "Transient and Steady-State Natural Convection in a Porous Medium Between Two Concentric Cylinders," Proceedings of the ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, HTD-Vol. 22