NATURAL-CONVECTION IN AN ENCLOSURE WITH NONUNIFORM WALL TEMPERATURE

Authors
FU WS TSENG CC CHEN YC
Citation
Ws. Fu et al., NATURAL-CONVECTION IN AN ENCLOSURE WITH NONUNIFORM WALL TEMPERATURE, International communications in heat and mass transfer, 21(6), 1994, pp. 819-828
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Mechanics,Thermodynamics
Journal title
International communications in heat and mass transfer → ACNP
ISSN journal
07351933
Volume
21
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
819 - 828
Database
ISI
SICI code
0735-1933(1994)21:6<819:NIAEWN>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A numerical study of natural convection in an enclosure was investigat ed. The heated wall of the enclosure is divided into two of the higher and lower temperature regions and the temperature of the cold wall is maintained at a constant. The parameters of Rayleigh number and lengt h ratio are mainly considered. The results show that the local Nusselt number distribution varies drastically at the intersection of the hig her and lower temperature regions, and the flow is strongly affected b y the above two parameters.