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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 40, 2001 - Issue 2
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NATURAL CONVECTION IN A TWO-DIMENSIONAL DIFFERENTIALLY HEATED SQUARE ENCLOSURE UNDERGOING ROTATION

Pages 181-202 | Published online: 29 Oct 2010
 

Abstract

A numerical study of two-dimensional natural convection in a rotating and differentially heated square enclosure has been presented by solving the conservation equations of mass, momentum, and energy in a rotating coordinate system using the finite difference method. Considering air to be the fluid medium in the cavity, the results are presented for a wide range of Rayleigh numbers (Ra), Taylor numbers (Ta), and rotational Rayleigh numbers (Ra w). It is found that a significant enhancement in heat transfer can be achieved due to rotational effects. At a particular Ra, increase in Ta results in an increase in frequency of oscillations of the dynamical variables and also gives rise to formation of a mushroom-shaped plume in the core of the cavity. For constant Ta, an increase in Ra results in formation of thinner thermal boundary layers at the isothermal walls and stable thermal stratification in the core of the cavity. The stratification becomes unstable when the Ta

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