Mechanical Engineering

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Dr. Luai Muhammed Al-Hadhrami Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering Department King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

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Education	Courses Taught
Research	Contact

Education

Ph.D.	Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M  University, College Station, TX, USA, 2002
M.S.	Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University, Dhahran, SA, 1997
B.S.	Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University, Dhahran, SA, 1994

Courses Taught

ME 203	Thermodynamics
ME 411	Senior Design Project I

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Research

Areas: Internal and External Cooling Systems of a Gas Turbine, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Assessment of Industrial Pollution

Representative Publications:

Griffith, T., Al-Hadhrami, L., and Han, J. C. Heat transfer in rotating rectangular cooling channels. Journal of Heat Transfer 124, 617-625 (2001).

Griffith, T., Al-Hadhrami, L., and Han, J. C. Heat transfer in rotating rectangular cooling channels (AR=4) with dimples. Accepted for publication in ASME Journal of Turbomachinery.

Al-Hadhrami, L., and Han, J. C. Effect of rotation on heat transfer in two-pass square channels with five different orientations of 45E angled rib turbulators. Accepted for publication in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.

Al-Hadhrami, L., and Han, J. C. Effect of rotation on heat transfer in two-pass square channels with parallel and crossed 45E angled rib turbulators. Proceedings of 9^th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Machinery, 2001, ISROMAC- 9^th - ABS - 031.

Al-Hadhrami, L., Griffith, T., and Han, J. C. Heat transfer in two-pass rotating rectangular channels (AR=2) with parallel and crossed 45E V-shaped rib turbulators. 40^th  AJAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, 14-17 January 2002, Reno, Nevada, USA.

Griffith, T., Al-Hadhrami, L., and Han, J. C. Heat transfer in rotating rectangular cooling channels with angled ribs.  35^th AJAA Thermophysics Conference, 11-14 June 2001, Anaheim, CA, USA.

Griffith, T., Al-Hadhrami, L., and Han, J. C. Heat transfer in rotating rectangular cooling  channels (AR=4) with dimples. Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2002, June 3-6, 2002, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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Contact

	Tel: 966-3-860 4618 (Office)
	Fax: 966-3-860 2949 (ME Department)
	E-mail: luaimalh@kfupm.edu.sa

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