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Effects of the Rayleigh Number and the Aspect Ratio on 2D Natural Convection Flows

Alfredo Nicolás1, Blanca Bermúdez2, Elsa Báez3

Depto. Matemáticas, 3er. Piso Ed. Diego Bricio, UAM-Iztapalapa, 09340 México D.F. México, e-mail: anc@xanum.uam.mx
Facultad de C. de la Computación, BUAP, Pue., México
Depto. Matemáticas Aplicadas y Sistemas, UAM-C; 01120 México D.F., México, correspondence to: Alfredo Nicolás

Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences 2009, 48(1), 83-106. https://doi.org/10.3970/cmes.2009.048.083

Abstract

Numerical results of natural convection flows in two-dimensional cavities, filled with air, are presented to study the effects on the characteristics of the flows as some parameters vary: the Rayleigh number Ra and the aspect ratio A of the cavity. This kind of thermal flows may be modeled by the unsteady Boussinesq approximation in stream function-vorticity variables. The results are obtained with a simple numerical scheme, previously reported for isothermal/mixed convection flows, based mainly on a fixed point iterative process applied to the non-linear elliptic system that results after time discretization. The evolution of the flows, mainly flows converging to a steady state, depends on the variation of the parameters in the range: 105Ra ≤ 107, 1/4 ≤ A ≤ 4. The study is complemented with the corresponding heat transfer through the Nusselt numbers as well as the time Tss when the steady state of the flow is reached; in connection with Tss, the flow at different times less than Tss is reported for Ra = 106 with A = 1, some findings become into light about transient phenomenon. The validation of the results is given through mesh size and time-step independence studies complemented with the corresponding independence of some characteristics of the flow; then, the validation process is not depending on the comparison with other works using different dimensionless forms.

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Nicolás, A., Bermúdez, B., Báez, E. (2009). Effects of the rayleigh number and the aspect ratio on 2D natural convection flows. Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, 48(1), 83-106. https://doi.org/10.3970/cmes.2009.048.083
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Nicolás A, Bermúdez B, Báez E. Effects of the rayleigh number and the aspect ratio on 2D natural convection flows. Comput Model Eng Sci. 2009;48(1):83-106 https://doi.org/10.3970/cmes.2009.048.083
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A. Nicolás, B. Bermúdez, and E. Báez, “Effects of the Rayleigh Number and the Aspect Ratio on 2D Natural Convection Flows,” Comput. Model. Eng. Sci., vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 83-106, 2009. https://doi.org/10.3970/cmes.2009.048.083



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