O. Aydin et al., A numerical study on buoyancy-driven flow in an inclined square enclosure heated and cooled on adjacent walls, NUM HEAT A, 36(6), 1999, pp. 585-599
A numerical study on buoyancy-driven laminar flow in an inclined square enc
losure heated from one side and cooled from the adjacent side is conducted
using finite difference methods. The effect of inclination angle on fluid f
low and heat transfer is investigated by varying the angle of inclination b
etween 0 degrees and 360 degrees and the results are presented in the form
of streamlines and isotherms for different inclination angles and Rayleigh
numbers. On the basis of the numerical data, we determine the critical valu
es of the inclination angle at which the rate of heat transfer within the e
nclosure is either maximum or minimum.