Velocity Characteristics of Turbulent Natural Convection in Convergent-Plates Vertical Channels

International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 158-178

  Habib, M A ^a   Said, S A M ^a   Ahmed, S A ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHANNEL FLOW; COOLING; FLOW PATTERNS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETERY (LDA); SYMMETRICAL FLOW;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 1442334878     PISSN: 21525102     EISSN: 21525110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/interjfluidmechres.v29.i2.30     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Elenbass, W., Heat Dissipation of Parallel Plates by Free Convection, Physica, 1942, 9, pp. 128.
2. Bodia, J. R. and Osterle, J. F., The Development of Free Convection Between Heated Vertical Plates, ASME J. Heat Transfer, 1962, 84, pp. 40-44.
3. Aung, W., Fully Developed Laminar Free Convection Between Vertical Plates Heated Asymmetrically, Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, 15, 1972, pp. 1577-1580.
4. Aung, W., Flectecher, L. S., and Sernas, V., Development of Laminar Free Convection between Vertical Flat Plates with Asymmetric Heating, Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, 1972, 15, pp. 2293-2328.
5. Akbari, H. T. and Borgers, T. R., Finite Laminar Flow within Trombe Wall Channel, Solar Energy, 1979, 22, pp. 165-174.
6. Sparrow, E. M., Chrysler, G. M., and Azevedo, L. F., Observed Flow Reversals and Measured-Predictive Nusselt numbers for Natural Convection in a One Sided Heated Vertical Channel, J. Heat Transfer, 1984, 105, pp. 325-332.
7. Sparrow, E. M. and Azevedo, L. F. A., Vertical Channel Natural Convection Spanning between the Fully-Developed Limit and the Single-Plate Boundary-Layer Limit, Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, 1985, 28, No. 10, pp. 1847-1857.
8. Chen, D. T., Chaturvedhi, S. K., and Muhieldin, T. O., Approximate Method for Calculating Laminar Convective Motion in a Trombe-Wall Channel, Energy (Oxford), 1994, 19, No. 2, pp. 259-268.
9. Kihm, K. D., Kim, J. H., and Fletcher, L. S., Onset of Flow Reversal and Penetration Lengths of Natural Convective Flow between Isothermal Vertical Walls, J. Heat Transfer, 1995, 117, No. 3, pp. 776-779.
10. Li, H. H. and Chung, B. T. F., New Look at Natural Convection from Isothermal, Vertical Parallel Plates, Proc. ASME - HTD, 1996, 333, No. 2, pp. 249-256.
11. Fedorov, A. G. and Viskanta, R., Turbulent Natural Convection Heat Transfer in an Asymmetrically Heated, Vertical Parallel-Plate Channel, Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, 1997, 40, No. 16, pp. 3849-3860.
12. Versteegh, T. A. M. and Nieuwstadt, F. T. M., Turbulent Budgets of Natural Convection in an Infinite, Differentially Heated, Vertical Channel, Int. J. Heat and Fluid Flow, 1998, 19, pp. 135-149.
13. 5, Int. J. Heat and Fluid Flow, 1997, 18, pp. 70-79.
14. Floryan, J. M. and Novak, M., Free Convection Heat Transfer in Multiple Vertical Channels, Int. J. Heat and Fluid Flow, 1995, 16, No. 4, pp. 244-253.
15. Darie, E., Kimara, S., and Okajima, A., Natural Convection Heat Transfer in an Asymmetrical Vertical Channel Controlled by Through Flows, JSME. Ser. B, 1998, 41, No. 1, pp. 227-232.
16. Pica, A. L., Rodono, G., and Volpes, R., An Experimental Investigation of Free Convection Heat Transfer in Vertical Channels with Backward-Facing Step, ASME, Fluids Engng Div., 1993, 238, No. 3, pp. 263-270.
17. Lin, S. C., Chang, K. P., and Hung, Y. H., Natural Convection within a Vertical Finite-Length Channel in Free Space, J. Thermophys. and Heat Transfer, 1994, 8, No. 2, pp. 366-368.
18. Inagaki, T. and Komori, K., Numerical Modeling on Turbulent Transport with Combined Forced and Natural Convection between Two Vertical Parallel Plates, Int. J. Comput. and Methodology; A, 1995, 27, No. 4, pp. 417-431.
19. Daloglu, A. and Ayhan, T., Natural Convection in a Periodically Finned Vertical Channel, Int. Communicat. Heat and Mass Transfer, 1999, 26, No. 8, pp. 1175-1182.
20. Naylor, D., Floryan, J. M., and Tarasuk, J. D., A Numerical Study of Developing Free Convection between Isothermal Vertical Plates, J. Heat Transfer, 1991, 113, pp. 621-626.
21. Lee, K., Natural Convection in Vertical Parallel Plates with an Unheated Entry or Unheated Exit, Numer. Heat Transfer, Pt A, 1994, 25, pp. 477-493.
22. Miyamoto, M., Katoh, Y., Kurima, J., and Suki, H., Turbulent Free Convection Heat Transfer from Vertical Parallel Plates, Heat Transfer, 1986, 4, pp. 1593-1598.
23. Dafa'Alla, A. A. and Betts, P. L., Experimental Study of Turbulent Natural Convection in a Tall Air Cavity, Experimental Heat Transfer, 1996, 9, pp. 165-194.
24. Torri, S. and Yand, W. J., Laminarization of Turbulent Gas Flow inside a Strongly Heated Tube, Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, 1997, 40, No. 13, pp. 3105-3117.
25. Fedorov, A. G., Viskanta, R. and Mohamad, A. A., Turbulent Heat and Mass Transfer in an Asymmetrically Heated, Vertical Parallel-Plate Channel, Int. J. Heat and Fluid Flow, 1997, 18, No. 3, pp. 307-315.
26. Roberts, D. A. and Floryan, J. M., Heat Transfer Enhancement in the Entrance Zone of a Vertical Channel, ASME J. Heat Transfer, 1998, 120, No. 1, pp. 290-291.
27. Barozzi, G. S., Corticelli, M. A., and Nobile, E., Numerical Simulation of Time Dependent Buoyant Flows in an Enclosed Vertical Channel, Heat and Mass Transfer, 1999, 35, No. 2, pp. 89-99.
28. Rodrgues, A. M., Da Piedada, A. C., Lahellac, A. and Grandpeix, J. Y., Modeling Natural Convection in a Heated Vertical Channel for Room Ventilation, Building and Environmental Convection, 2000, 35, No. 5, pp. 455-469.
29. Habib, M. A., Said, S. A. M., Ahmed, A. A., and Ouwais, I., Turbulent Natural Convection in Vertical Short Channels, In: Turbulent Heat Transfer III Conf., 2001, March 18-21, Alaska.
30. Said, S. A. M, Habib, M. A., and Asghar, A., Natural Convection in Converging and Parallel Vertical Channels, In: Proc. 1998 ASME Fluids Engng Div. Summer Meet., Washington D. C., 1998, June 21-25.