On partially heated circular obstacle in a channel having heated rectangular ribs: Finite element outcomes

Numerical study of natural convection in partially heated rectangular enclosures filled with nanofluids

Heat transfer and fluid flow due to buoyancy forces in a partially heated enclosure using nanofluids is carried out using different types of nanoparticles. The flush mounted heater is located to the left vertical wall with a finite length. The temperature of the right vertical wall is lower than that of heater while other walls are insulated. The finite volume technique is used to solve the gov...

Periodic orbits in tall laterally heated rectangular cavities.

This study elucidates the origin of the multiplicity of stable oscillatory flows detected by time integration in tall rectangular cavities heated from the side. By using continuation techniques for periodic orbits, it is shown that initially unstable branches, arising at Hopf bifurcations of the basic steady flow, become stable after crossing Neimark-Sacker points. There are no saddle-node or p...

Flow Boiling in an Asymmetrically Heated Single Rectangular Microchannel

Multiple states, stability and bifurcations of natural convection in a rectangular cavity with partially heated vertical walls

The multiplicity, stability and bifurcations of low-Prandtl-number steady natural convection in a two-dimensional rectangular cavity with partially and symmetrically heated vertical walls are studied numerically. The problem represents a simple model of a set-up in which the height of the heating element is less than the height of the molten zone. The calculations are carried out by the global ...

Transient laminar opposing mixed convection in a differentially and asymmetrically heated vertical channel of finite length

Transient laminar mixed convection in an asymmetrically and differentially heated vertical channel of finite length subject to an opposing buoyancy is investigated by solving the unsteady two-dimensional Navier–Stokes and energy equations. Results illustrate the effects of buoyancy strength or Richardson number Ri 1⁄4 Gr=Re and Reynolds number Re on the overall flow structure and the nondimensi...