TY  - EJOU
AU  - Rouijaa, Hicham  
AU  - Alami, Mustapha El  
AU  - Semma, El Alami 
AU  - Najam, Mostafa  

TI  - Natural Convection in an Inclined T-Shaped Cavity
T2  - Fluid Dynamics \& Materials Processing

PY  - 2011
VL  - 7
IS  - 1
SN  - 1555-2578

AB  - This article presents a numerical study on natural convection in a bidimensional inclined "T"-shaped cavity. The governing equations are solved in the framework of a control-volume method resorting to the SIMPLEC algorithm (for the treatment of pressure-velocity coupling). Special emphasis is given to the investigation of the effect of inclination on the heat transfer and mass flow rate. Results are discussed for Prandtl number <i>Pr</i>=0.72, geometry with: opening width <i>C</i>=0.15, blocks gap <i>D</i>=0.5, blocks height, <i>B</i>=0.5 and different values of the Rayleigh number (10<sup>4</sup> ≤ Ra ≤ 10<sup>6</sup>).
KW  - Numerical study
KW  -  inclination
KW  -  "T" form cavity
KW  -  isothermal blocks
KW  -  Natural convection

DO  - 10.3970/fdmp.2011.007.057