Two-dimensional transient natural convection in a repetitive geometry submitted to variable heating from below: Numerical identification of routes leading to chaos
S. Douamna et al., Two-dimensional transient natural convection in a repetitive geometry submitted to variable heating from below: Numerical identification of routes leading to chaos, NUM HEAT A, 37(7), 2000, pp. 779-799
Two-dimensional transient natural convection in a horizontal channel period
ically heated from below with a temperature varying sinusoidally with time
and containing rectangular adiabatic blocks periodically distributed on its
lower wall is studied numerically. Parameters of the problem are the Rayle
igh number (Ra), the amplitude of the variable temperature, and its tempora
l period. By considering air (Pr = 0.72) as a working fluid and maintaining
the geometrical parameters constant, different routes leading to chaos are
identified by progressively varying the influencing parameters.