A. M. Ben-Arous¹, A. A. Busedra¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.4, No.4, pp. 255-262, 2008, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2008.004.255

Abstract The problem of combined free and forced convection in horizontal semicircular ducts (flat wall at the bottom) with radial internal fins is investigated from a numerical point of view. The wall of the duct is assumed to have a uniform heat input along the axial direction with a uniform peripheral wall temperature (H1). The analysis focuses on the case of hydrodynamically and thermally fully-developed laminar flow. The governing equations for the velocity and temperature are solved by using a control-volume-based finite-difference approach. The fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics are found to be dependent on the Grashof number, the fin… More >

O. Mahrouche¹, M. Najam¹, M. El Alami^1,2, M. Faraji¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.9, No.3, pp. 235-250, 2013, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2013.009.235

Abstract Mixed convection in a rectangular partitioned cavity equipped with two heated partitions at a constant temperature, T_C, is investigated numerically. The right vertical wall is featured by two openings (C₁ and C₂) for admission of cooled air along the horizontal direction, while the lower wall has a single outlet opening (C₃) along the vertical axis. The left vertical wall is assumed to be isothermal at temperature T_C, while the other walls are cooled to a temperature T_F < T_C. The results show that the flow and heat transfer depend significantly on Reynolds number, Re, and block height, B. Correlation laws… More >

E. A. El-Abeedy¹, A. A. Busedra¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.9, No.2, pp. 153-167, 2013, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2013.009.153

Abstract Fully developed laminar mixed convection in inclined semicircular ducts is investigated numerically for the specific case of uniform heat input along the axial direction and uniform peripheral wall temperature, H1. The duct is considered over a variety of orientations (rotations) of its cross section, ranging from 0° (flat wall horizontally facing upward) to 180° (flat wall horizontally facing downward) with increment of 45° and a fixed inclination of its axis (with respect to the direction of gravity). In particular, the following conditions are considered: inclination α = 20°, 300 ≤ Re ≤ 1000, Pr = 4 and Gr = 1… More >

A. Maougal¹, R. Bessaïh²

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.9, No.1, pp. 35-59, 2013, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2013.009.035

Abstract The present study is a numerical investigation of the irreversibility and heat transfer properties of a steady laminar mixed flow in a square cavity, filled with a saturated porous medium and heated by a discrete set of heat sources. The continuity, Navier-Stokes, energy and entropy generation equations have been solved by a finite volume method. Both heat transfer irreversibility and fluid friction irreversibility have been taken into account in the computations of entropy generation. Simulations have bee carried out for Reynolds number Re=20, 40, 80, 100, 200, Darcy number, Da=10^-5-10^-1, Prandtl number, Pr=0.015, 0.7, 10, 103, and aspect ratio, D/H… More >

Md. Tofiqul Islam¹, Sumon Saha², Md. Arif Hasan Mamun³, Mohammad Ali⁴

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.4, No.2, pp. 125-138, 2008, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2008.004.125

Abstract A numerical study has been performed on mixed convection inside an open cavity on the bottom of a channel. One of the three walls of the cavity experiences a uniform heat flux while the other walls and the top of the channel are adiabatic. Three different cases are considered by applying uniform heat flux on (a) the inflow side (assisting forced flow); (b) the outflow side (opposing forced flow); (c) the bottom horizontal surface (transverse flow). The Galerkin weighted residual method of finite element formulation is used to discretize the governing equations. For mixed convection, the influential parameters are the… More >