Bifurcation to unsteady natural convection in square enclosure with a circular cylinder at Rayleigh number of 107

Author(s):  
Dong Hwa Kang ◽  
Man Yeong Ha ◽  
Hyun Sik Yoon ◽  
Changyoung Choi
2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 047101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyun Sik Yoon ◽  
Man Yeong Ha ◽  
Byung Soo Kim ◽  
Dong Hun Yu

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 2788
Author(s):  
Hyun-Sik Yoon ◽  
Yoo-Jeong Shim

The present study investigated the natural convection for a hot circular cylinder embedded in a cold square enclosure. The numerical simulations are performed to solve a two-dimensional steady natural convection for three Rayleigh numbers of 103, 104 and 105 at a fixed Prandtl number of 0.7. This study considered the wide range of the inner cylinder positions to identify the eccentric effect of the cylinder on flow and thermal structures. The present study classifies the flow structures according to the cylinder position. Finally, the present study provides the map for the flow structures at each Rayleigh number (Ra). The Ra = 103 and 104 form the four modes of the flow structures. These modes are classified by mainly the large circulation and inner vortices. When Ra = 105, one mode that existed at Ra = 103 and 104, disappears in the map of the flow structures. The new three modes appear, resulting in total six modes of flow structures at Ra = 105. New modes at Ra = 105 are characterized by the top side secondary vortices. The corresponding isotherms are presented to explain the bifurcation of the flow structure.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. El Moutaouakil ◽  
Z. Zrikem ◽  
A. Abdelbaki

Laminar natural convection in a water filled square enclosure containing at its center a horizontal hexagonal cylinder is studied by the lattice Boltzmann method. The hexagonal cylinder is heated while the walls of the cavity are maintained at the same cold temperature. Two orientations are treated, corresponding to two opposite sides of the hexagonal cross-section which are horizontal (case I) or vertical (case II). For each case, the results are presented in terms of streamlines, isotherms, local and average convective heat transfers as a function of the dimensionless size of the hexagonal cylinder cross-section (0.1≤B≤0.4), and the Rayleigh number (103≤Ra≤106).


2020 ◽  
Vol 330 ◽  
pp. 01004
Author(s):  
Abdennacer Belazizia ◽  
Smail Benissaad ◽  
Said Abboudi

Steady, laminar, natural convection flow in a square enclosure with partially active vertical wall is considered. The enclosure is filled with air and subjected to horizontal temperature gradient. Finite volume method is used to solve the dimensionless governing equations. The physical problem depends on three parameters: Rayleigh number (Ra =103-106), Prandtl number (Pr=0.71), and the aspect ratio of the enclosure (A=1). The active location takes two positions in the left wall: top (T) and middle (M). The main focus of the study is on examining the effect of Rayleigh number on fluid flow and heat transfer rate. The results including the streamlines, isotherm patterns, flow velocity and the average Nusselt number for different values of Ra. The obtained results show that the increase of Ra leads to enhance heat transfer rate. The fluid particles move with greater velocity for higher thermal Rayleigh number. Also by moving the active location from the top to the middle on the left vertical wall, convection and heat transfer rate are more important in case (M). Furthermore for high Rayleigh number (Ra=106), Convection mechanism in (T) case is principally in the top of the enclosure, whereas in the remaining case it covers the entire enclosure.


2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (10) ◽  
pp. 4629-4648
Author(s):  
Zehba A.S. Raizah

Purpose The purpose of this study is to apply the incompressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics method for simulating the natural convection flow inside a cavity including cross blades or circular cylinder cylinder. Design/methodology/approach The base fluid is water and copper-water nanofluid is treated as a working fluid. The left and rights walls are maintained at a cool temperature, the horizontal cavity walls are isolated and the inner shape was heated. The physical parameters are the length of the blades L_Blade, the number of cross blades, circular cylinder radius L_R, Rayleigh number Ra and the nanoparticles volume fraction. Findings The results reveal that the lengths of the cross blade, number of the blades and radius of the circular cylinder is working as an enhancement factor for heat transfer and fluid flows inside a cavity. Adding nanoparticles augments heat transfer and reduces the fluid flow intensity inside a cavity. The best case for buoyancy-driven flow was obtained when the inner shape is the circular cylinder at a higher Rayleigh number. Originality/value This work uses a distinctive numerical method to study the natural convection heat from cross blades inside a cavity filled with nanofluid. It provides a new analysis of this issue and presented good results.


2002 ◽  
Vol 460 ◽  
pp. 181-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHENGWANG LEI ◽  
JOHN C. PATTERSON

The authors have previously reported a model experiment on the unsteady natural convection in a triangular domain induced by the absorption of solar radiation. This issue is reconsidered here both analytically and numerically. The present study consists of two parts: a scaling analysis and a numerical simulation. The scaling analysis for small bottom slopes reveals that a number of flow regimes are possible depending on the Rayleigh number and the relative value of certain non-dimensional parameters describing the flow. In a typical situation, the flow can be classified broadly into a conductive, a transitional or a convective regime determined merely by the Rayleigh number. Proper scales have been established to quantify the flow properties in each of these flow regimes. The numerical simulation has verified the scaling results.


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