Title of article :
Numerical Analysis of Laminar Natural Convection in a Quadrantal Cavity with a Solid Adiabatic Fin Attached to the Hot Vertical Wall
Author/Authors :
Bose, P. K. National Institute of Technology - Department of Mechanical Engineering, India , Sen, D. National Institute of Technology - Department of Mechanical Engineering, India , Panua, R. National Institute of Technology - Department of Mechanical Engineering, India , Das, A. K. National Institute of Technology - Department of Mechanical Engineering, India
Abstract :
Numerical analysis of laminar natural convection in a quadrantal cavity filled with water having finned hot and cold on adjacent walls have been made to examine heat and fluid flow. Numerical solutions are obtained using a commercial computational fluid dynamics package, FLUENT, using the finite volume method. Effects of the Rayleigh number, Ra, non-dimensional fin location and non-dimensional fin length on the Nusselt number, Nu, as well as stream function and temperature fields are investigated for the range of Ra from 10^4 to 10^7.
Keywords :
Natural convection , Quadrantal cavity , adiabatic fin , Rayleigh number , Nusselt number
Journal title :
Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics (JAFM)
Journal title :
Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics (JAFM)
