Numerical natural convection in a sector‐shaped enclosure
International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow
ISSN: 0961-5539
Article publication date: 1 June 2001
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to compare the numerical laminar two‐dimensional unsteady natural convection in a partial sector‐shaped enclosure submitted respectively to a constant heat flux density q1 and a uniform temperature T1 on the inner cylindrical wall. The numerical model performed in this paper is applied more particularly for high Grashof numbers, in order to point out the advent and the development of pre‐turbulent flows. Results of numerical runs are presented. The mean Nusselt number on active walls is represented as a function of the Grashof number Gr and the aspect ratio Fr. The results may be correlated very well with an expression of the form \overlineNu = k1 Gr1k2, for technical calculations.
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Citation
Sarr, J., Sall, M., Mansour Kane, M., Ba, B. and Daguenet, M. (2001), "Numerical natural convection in a sector‐shaped enclosure", International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 11 No. 4, pp. 342-357. https://doi.org/10.1108/09615530110389126
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