Mixed Convection and Heat Transfer in a “T” Form Cavity: The Effect of Inclination
M’barka Mourabit1, Hicham Rouijaa1, El Alami Semma1, Mustapha El Alami2, Mostafa Najam2
Laboratoire de Mécanique, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Hassan Ier, BP. 577Settat, Maroc.
Laboratoire LPMMAT, Département de Physique, Faculté des Sciences Aïn Chock, Université Hassan II Casablanca. BP. 5366 Maarif, Casablanca, Maroc.
We study the effect of inclination angle on mixed convection in a "T" form cavity containing two openings and two heated blocks mounted on its lower wall. The blocks are maintained at a constant temperature TH. The lower wall is adiabatic and submitted to a vertical air jet while the upper wall is kept cold at a constant temperature TC < TH. The vertical walls are rigid and adiabatic. The governing equations are solved by a finite volume method. Special attention is devoted to the solution symmetry, the flow structure and the heat exchange through the cavity. The considered control parameters are: the inclination angle 0° ≤ φ ≤ 90°, the Rayleigh number 105 ≤ Ra ≤ 106, the Reynolds number 100 ≤ Re ≤ 1000, the Prandtl number Pr=0.72, the height of the blocks B=0.5, the opening width C=0.15 and the distance between blocks D=0.5. The results are presented in terms of streamlines, isothermal lines and variations of Nusselt number with Re or φ.
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Mourabit, M., Rouijaa, H., Semma, E. A., Alami, M. E., Najam, M. (2014). Mixed Convection and Heat Transfer in a “T” Form Cavity: The Effect of Inclination. FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, 10(3), 395–415.
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