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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 51, 2007 - Issue 1
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Numerical Segregation of the Effects of Body Forces in a Rotating, Differentially Heated Enclosure

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Pages 85-107 | Received 22 Jul 2005, Accepted 28 Feb 2006, Published online: 15 Dec 2006
 

Abstract

The effects of Coriolis force, centrifugal force, and thermal buoyancy force are segregated numerically on an air-filled, differentially heated enclosure of square cross section, with the enclosure rotated about its horizontal axis. The physically realizable periodic oscillation solutions are identified with reported experimental results of six temperature fields. The evolution of the flow pattern in the natural-convection flow fields are studied from stationary to increasing rotation of the enclosure. The effects of Coriolis force and centrifugal force on the natural convection are small and are differentiated from those of other forces.

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