Erratum: “The Effect of Heater Size, Location, Aspect Ratio, and Boundary Conditions on Two-Dimensional, Laminar, Natural Convection in Rectangular Channels” (Journal of Heat Transfer, 1976, 98, pp. 194–201)

1976 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 513-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. H.-S. Chu ◽  
S. W. Churchill
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Aspect Ratio ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Rectangular Channels ◽  
Laminar Natural Convection

A Pseudospectral Analysis of Laminar Natural Convection Flow and Heat Transfer Between Two Inclined Parallel Plates

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serkan Kasapoglu ◽  
Ilker Tari
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Boussinesq Approximation ◽  
Temperature Fields ◽  
Convection Flow ◽  
Parallel Plates ◽  
Natural Convection Flow ◽  
Constant Wall Temperature ◽  
Laminar Natural Convection

Three dimensional laminar natural convection flow of and heat transfer in incompressible air between two inclined parallel plates are analyzed with the Boussinesq approximation by using spectral methods. The plates are assumed to be infinitely long in streamwise (x) and spanwise (z) directions. For these directions, periodic boundary conditions are used and for the normal direction (y), constant wall temperature and no slip boundary conditions are used. Unsteady Navier-Stokes and energy equations are solved using a pseudospectral approach in order to obtain velocity and temperature fields inside the channel. Fourier series are used to expand the variables in × and z directions, while Chebyshev polynomials are used to expand the variables in y direction. By using the temperature distribution between the plates, local and average Nusselt numbers (Nu) are calculated. Nu values are correlated with φ, which is the inclination angle, and with Ra·cosφ to compare the results with the literature.

Two-Dimensional Periodic Natural Convection in a Rectangular Enclosure of Aspect Ratio One

1985 ◽  
Vol 107 (4) ◽  
pp. 850-854 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. G. Briggs ◽  
D. N. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Natural Convection ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Aspect Ratio ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Lower Boundary ◽  
Laser Doppler Velocimeter ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Velocity Fluctuations ◽  
Vertical Walls ◽  
Rayleigh Numbers

A two-dimensional rectangular cavity of aspect ratio one is studied experimentally using a laser-doppler velocimeter. The enclosure is air filled and consists of two vertical walls at unequal isothermal temperatures and two connecting horizontal walls with temperatures varying linearly between the two vertical surfaces. This study clearly defines the existence of periodic laminar flow regimes detectable at Ra numbers above 0.3 × 107. These periodic variations in velocity are induced by the upper and lower boundary conditions. The envelopes of vertical and horizontal velocity fluctuations are reported as a function of position for Rayleigh numbers of 0.25 × 107, 0.50 × 107, and 0.85 × 107. In addition, the effect of Ra number on frequency of flow is reported.

Heat Transfer by Laminar Natural Convection Within Rectangular Enclosures

1970 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. E. Newell ◽  
F. W. Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Numerical Techniques ◽  
Grashof Number ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
Laminar Natural Convection ◽  
Steady State Solutions

Two-dimensional laminar natural convection in air contained in a long horizontal rectangular enclosure with isothermal walls at different temperatures has been investigated using numerical techniques. The time-dependent governing differential equations were solved using a method based on that of Crank and Nicholson. Steady-state solutions were obtained for height to width ratios of 1, 2.5, 10, and 20, and for values of the Grashof number, GrL′, covering the range 4 × 103 to 1.4 × 105. The bounds on the Grashof number for H/L = 20 is 8 × 103 ≤ GrL′ ≤ 4 × 104. The results were correlated with a three-dimensional power law which, yielded H/L=1Nu¯L′=0.0547(GrL′)0.3972.5≤H/L≤20Nu¯L′=0.155(GrL′)0.315(H/L)−0.265 The results compare favorably with available experimental results.

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