Three-dimensional thermal convection caused by spacecraft rotation in a rectangular enclosure with rigid walls

1998 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 2517-2524 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. S. Yuferev ◽  
Yu. A. Polovko ◽  
V. V. Sazonov
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Convection ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Rectangular Enclosure ◽  
Rigid Walls

Visualization and Prediction of Natural Convection of Water Near Its Density Maximum in a Tall Rectangular Enclosure at High Rayleigh Numbers

2000 ◽  
Vol 123 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. J. Ho ◽  
F. J. Tu
Keyword(s):  
Natural Convection ◽  
Vertical Wall ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Temperature Fields ◽  
Convection Flow ◽  
Oscillatory Convection ◽  
Uniform Temperature ◽  
Density Maximum ◽  
Rectangular Enclosure ◽  
Rayleigh Numbers

An experimental and numerical investigation is presented concerning the natural convection of water near its maximum-density in a differentially heated rectangular enclosure at high Rayleigh numbers, in which an oscillatory convection regime may arise. The water in a tall enclosure of Ay=8 is initially at rest and at a uniform temperature below 4°C and then the temperature of the hot vertical wall is suddenly raised and kept at a uniform temperature above 4°C. The cold vertical wall is maintained at a constant uniform temperature equal to that of the initial temperature of the water. The top and bottom walls are insulated. Using thermally sensitive liquid crystal particles as tracers, flow and temperature fields of a temporally oscillatory convection was documented experimentally for RaW=3.454×105 with the density inversion parameter θm=0.5. The oscillatory convection features a cyclic sequence of onset at the lower quarter-height region, growth, and decay of the upward-drifting secondary vortices within counter-rotating bicellular flows in the enclosure. Two and three-dimensional numerical simulations corresponding to the visualization experiments are undertaken. Comparison of experimental with numerical results reveals that two-dimensional numerical simulation captures the main features of the observed convection flow.

Laser-Doppler Measurements of the Velocity Along a Heated Vertical Wall of a Rectangular Enclosure

1983 ◽  
Vol 105 (4) ◽  
pp. 782-788 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Ozoe ◽  
M. Ohmuro ◽  
A. Mouri ◽  
S. Mishima ◽  
H. Sayama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Vertical Wall ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Laser Doppler ◽  
Central Core ◽  
Heated Wall ◽  
Critical Test ◽  
Three Dimensional Flow ◽  
Rectangular Enclosure ◽  
First Time

The horizontal and vertical velocity profiles near a heated vertical wall of rectangular enclosure were measured for the laminar regime of natural convection with a laser-Doppler anemometer. The horizontal temperature profiles near the heated wall were measured with a thermocouple. An almost perfect two-dimensional mode of flow was confirmed for the central regime of the box. A minimum in the temperature profile between the hot wall and the thermally stratified central core resulted in a downward flow just outside the boundary layer of upward flow, but the central core was stagnant. Visualization of the flow with a phenolphtalein tracer confirmed the two-dimensionality of the flow along the vertical heated wall and revealed a zone of three-dimensional flow in the form of spiral streaklines along the insulated top plate toward the opposing cooled vertical wall. Measurements such as these provide for the first time the basis for a critical test of the accuracy of numerical solutions.

scholarly journals Thermal convection in three-dimensional fractured porous media

2018 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Mezon ◽  
V. V. Mourzenko ◽  
J.-F. Thovert ◽  
R. Antoine ◽  
F. Fontaine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Thermal Convection ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Fractured Porous Media

scholarly journals Density Stratification Effects on the Thermal Convection in a Rotating Spherical Shell

2001 ◽  
Vol 203 ◽  
pp. 195-197
Author(s):  
N. Nishikawa ◽  
K. Kusano
Keyword(s):  
Spherical Shell ◽  
Thermal Convection ◽  
Structural Transition ◽  
Rotation Axis ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Density Stratification ◽  
Nonlinear Convection ◽  
Solar Convection Zone ◽  
Solar Convection ◽  
The Stability

The density stratification effects on the thermal convection in a rotating spherical shell, which is the representative of the solar convection zone, are investigated by three dimensional numerical simulations. It is found that, the convection structure in the strongly stratified system is switched from parallel cells aligned to the rotation axis to zonal rolles dominated by the longitudinally averaged mode, as the Rayleigh number increases much larger than the stability threshold. Corresponding to this structural transition, the averaged kinetic helicity reverses the sign in each hemisphere (from negative to positive in the northern hemisphere). The results indicate that the density stratification is much important for the nonlinear convection process in the rotating spherical shell.

Three-Dimensional Steady and Oscillatory Natural Convection in a Rectangular Enclosure With Heat Sources

2016 ◽  
Vol 138 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amin Bouraoui ◽  
Rachid Bessaïh
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Heat Sources ◽  
Rectangular Enclosure ◽  
Aspect Ratios ◽  
Simpler Algorithm ◽  
Strong Relation

In this paper, a numerical study of three-dimensional (3D) natural convection air-cooling of two identical heat sources, simulating electronic components, mounted in a rectangular enclosure was carried out. The governing equations were solved by using the finite-volume method based on the SIMPLER algorithm. The effects of Rayleigh number Ra, spacing between heat sources d, and aspect ratios Ax in x-direction (horizontal) and Az in z-direction (transversal) of the enclosure on heat transfer were investigated. In steady state, when d is increased, the heat transfer is more important than when the aspect ratios Ax and Az are reduced. In oscillatory state, the critical Rayleigh numbers Racr for different values of spacing between heat sources and their aspect ratios, at which the flow becomes time dependent, were obtained. Results show a strong relation between heat transfers, buoyant flow, and boundary layer. In addition, the heat transfer is more important at the edge of each face of heat sources than at the center region.

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