Dr. Afraz Hussain Majeed
Assistant Professor (Post-doc)
Research Area: Applied Mathematics, CFD, Finite Element Method, Heat and Mass transfer, Machine LearningAbout Me
Dr. Majeed received his PhD from Air University, Islamabad, in 2022. He joined Jiangsu University, China, as a Postdoctoral Researcher in May 2023 and later began serving as an Assistant Professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China, in June 2025. His research focuses on optimization of fluid force, computational fluid dynamics, Finite Element Method (FEM), heat and mass transfer, non-Newtonian fluids, and machine learning. He has published numerous research articles in more than 6 impact-factor journals.
| Degree | Major | University | Start Date | End Date |
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| Post-doc | Applied Mathematics (CFD) | Jiangsu University, China | May 2023 | June 2025 |
| PhD | Applied Mathematics | Air University, Islamabad | September 2018 | March 2022 |
| Designation | Organization | Duration |
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| Assistant Professor | Chinese Academy of Sciences, China | June 2025 - November 2025 |
| Postdoc | Jiangsu University, China | May 2023 - June 2025 |
| Visiting Lectrur | Air University | September 2021 - May 2023 |
| Title | Description | Sponsoring Agency | Amount | Year |
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| Designation | Department | Organization | From Date | To Date |
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| Assistant Professor | Mathematics | University of Poonch, Rawalakot | December, 2025 |
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Huan-Yi Ren, Si-Liang Sun, Dong Liu, Muhammad Bilal Riaz, YS Hamed, Afraz Hussain Majeed
Enhancement of convective heat transfer in Taylor-Couette flow with elliptical slits using machine learning and particle swarm optimization
Taylor-Couette (T-C) flow commonly occurs in the annular gaps of rotating machinery, and improving its heat transfer performance is essential for effective thermal management. However, existing empirical correlations often have limitations in both efficiency and accuracy. To address this, this study integrates machine learning with optimization algorithms to refine T-C flow configurations that incorporate elliptical slits, aiming to develop a more efficient and precise optimization approach.
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2026.107848 Journal Category: Q1 |
2026 | Case Studies in Thermal Engineering | 6.4 |
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Yuyuan Sun, Dong Liu, Afraz Hussain Majeed, Min Du
Multi-objective optimization of non-uniform helical fins for thermal enhancement in molten salt thermal energy storage units
This study numerically investigates the thermal energy storage performance of a vertical shell-and-tube latent heat thermal energy storage unit enhanced with non-uniform helical fins, using molten salt as the phase-change material for concentrated solar power applications. The numerical model uses the enthalpy-porosity method to simulate the melting process, with the Boussinesq approximation to account for natural convection effects.
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2026.122283 Journal Category: Q1 |
2025 | Journal of Energy Storage | 9.8 |
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Afraz Hussain Majeed, Rashid Mahmood, Hasan Shahzad, Amjad Ali Pasha
Heat and mass transfer characteristics in MHD Casson fluid flow over a cylinder in a wavy channel: Higher-order FEM computations
In this paper, an extensive analysis of heat and mass transfer characteristics of a Casson fluid flow past a cylinder in a wavy channel has been performed. Due to the non-availability of analytical solution the model represented by coupled non-linear partial differential equations has been simulated by implementing higher-order Finite Element Method (FEM).
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2023.102730 Journal Category: Q1 |
2023 | Case Studies in Thermal Engineering | 6.4 |
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Muhammad Jawad, Maria Kirn Hameed, Kottakkaran Sooppy Nisar, Afraz Hussain Majeed
Darcy-Forchheimer flow of maxwell nanofluid flow over a porous stretching sheet with Arrhenius activation energy and nield boundary conditions
This work investigates the effect of heat transfer and mass transfer on the convective Darcy-Forchheimer flow of a Maxwell nanofluid through a linear porous stretched sheet. In addition, the impacts of chemical reaction, thermal conductivity, and thermophoresis are investigated. The analysis of heat and mass transfer in the presence of nanoparticles in a Maxwell fluid under convective and nield conditions is examined.
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2023.102830 Journal Category: Q1 |
2023 | Case Studies in Thermal Engineering | 6.4 |
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Afraz Hussain Majeed, Rashid Mahmood, Waqas Sarwar Abbasi, K Usman
Numerical computation of MHD thermal flow of cross model over an elliptic cylinder: reduction of forces via thickness ratio
The present work is concerned with a comprehensive analysis of hydrodynamic forces, under MHD and forced convection thermal flow over a heated cylinder in presence of insulated plates installed at walls. The magnetic field is imposed in the transverse direction of flow. The Galerkin finite element (GFE) scheme has been used to discretize the two‐dimensional system of nonlinear partial different equations.
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/2550440 Journal Category: Q3 |
2021 | Mathematical Problems in Engineering | 3.2 |
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Sardar Bilal, Afraz Hussain Majeed, Rashid Mahmood, Ilyas Khan, Asiful H Seikh, El-Sayed M Sherif
Heat and mass transfer in hydromagnetic second-grade fluid past a porous inclined cylinder under the effects of thermal dissipation, diffusion and radiative heat flux
Current disquisition is presented to excogitate heat and mass transfer features of second grade fluid flow generated by an inclined cylinder under the appliance of diffusion, radiative heat flux, convective and Joule heating effects. Mathematical modelling containing constitutive expressions by obliging fundamental conservation laws are constructed in the form of partial differential equations.
DOI : https://doi.org/10.3390/en13010278 Journal Category: Q2 |
2020 | Energies | 3.2 |
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Sardar Bilal, Asifa Tassaddiq, AH Majeed, Kottakkaran Sooppy Nisar, Farhad Ali, MY Malik
Computational and physical examination about the aspects of fluid flow between two coaxially rotated disks by capitalizing non-Fourier heat flux theory: finite difference approach
This pagination is executed to exemplify flow features exhibited by viscous fluid between two coaxially rotated disks. Thermal analysis is performed by using Cattaneo-Christov heat flux theory. Porosity aspects are also taken into account. Mathematically structured non-linear PDEs are transmuted into non-linear ODEs by employing Karman transformations. Afterward, solution is heeded by applying implicit finite difference scheme renowned as Keller box method. Interpretation of flow controlling par
DOI : https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2019.00209 Journal Category: Q2 |
2020 | Frontiers in Physics | 3.2 |
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Rashid Mahmood, S Bilal, Afraz Hussain Majeed, Ilyas Khan, El-Sayed M Sherif
A comparative analysis of flow features of Newtonian and power law material: a New configuration
In recent years, material analysis of fluids has generated prodigious interest of researchers due to their effective role in interdisciplinary sciences. In view of its importance, the present communication is devoted to analyze the flow of power law fluid representing the features of shear thinning, shear thickening and Newtonian materials.
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2019.12.030 Journal Category: Q1 |
2020 | Journal of Materials Research and Technology | 6.6 |
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Rashid Mahmood, S Bilal, Afraz Hussain Majeed, Ilyas Khan, Kottakkaran Sooppy Nisar
Assessment of pseudo-plastic and dilatant materials flow in channel driven cavity: application of metallurgical processes
Non-Newtonian fluid rheology representing the properties of pseudoplastic and dilatant materials has received overwhelming attention due to extensive applications in industrial and technological sectors like in metallurgical processes, shock absorbing materials, smart structures, and devices with adaptive stiffness, damping, emulsions, suspensions and so forth.
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2020.02.009 Journal Category: Q1 |
2020 | Journal of Materials Research and Technology | 6.6 |
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Rashid Mahmood, S Bilal, Afraz Hussain Majeed, Ilyas Khan, Kottakkaran Sooppy Nisar
CFD analysis for characterization of non-linear power law material in a channel driven cavity with a square cylinder by measuring variation in drag and lift forces
Current communication is manifested to investigate flowing features of power law material in a newly proposed physical configuration namely the channel driven cavity. Since power law fluid discloses the dynamical features of shear thinning, shear thickening and Newtonian materials so in present communication it is considered for depiction of flow attributes.
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2020.02.010 Journal Category: Q1 |
2020 | Journal of Materials Research and Technology | 6.6 |
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S Bilal, Rashid Mahmood, AH Majeed, Ilyas Khan, Kottakkaran Sooppy Nisar
Finite element method visualization about heat transfer analysis of Newtonian material in triangular cavity with square cylinder
Current effort is devoted to investigate the thermophysical aspects of viscous material in a triangular enclosure interacting with a heated square cylinder placed at central position. To view thermal aspects in explicit manner laminar, steady, incompressible viscous material for two different thermal situations are considered bottom wall is (a) uniformly heated (b) non-uniformly heated.
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2020.03.010 Journal Category: Q1 |
2020 | Journal of Materials Research and Technology | 6.6 |
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Afraz Hussain Majeed, Fahd Jarad, Rashid Mahmood, Imran Saddique
Topological characteristics of obstacles and nonlinear rheological fluid flow in presence of insulated fins: a fluid force reduction study
In this work, a comprehensive study of fluid forces and thermal analysis of two‐dimensional, laminar, and incompressible complex (power law, Bingham, and Herschel–Bulkley) fluid flow over a topological cross‐sectional cylinder (square, hexagon, and circle) in channel have been computationally done by using finite element technique.
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/9199512 Journal Category: Q3 |
2020 | Mathematical Problems in Engineering | 3.2 |
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AH Majeed, S Bilal, R Mahmood, MY Malik
Heat transfer analysis of viscous fluid flow between two coaxially rotated disks embedded in permeable media by capitalizing non-Fourier heat flux model
Current analysis illustrates the systematic survey about the flow features imparted by viscous fluid between two coaxially rotated disks embedded in a permeable medium. Energy equation has been built by encompassing Cattaneo–Christov heat flux law.Prevailing non-linear PDEs are converted into non-linear ODEs by utilizing Von Karman transformations.
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2019.123182 Journal Category: Q1 |
0000 | Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications | 3.2 |
