Direct numerical simulation of a differentially heated cavity of aspect ratio 4 with Rayleigh numbers up to 1011 - Part II: Heat transfer and flow dynamics

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 674-683

  Trias, F X ^a   Gorobets, A ^a   Soria, M ^a   Oliva, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Differentially heated cavity; Direct numerical simulation; Natural convection; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIALLY HEATED CAVITY; FLOW DYNAMICS; GLOBAL KINETICS; HORIZONTAL WALLS; INTERNAL WAVES; KINETIC DISSIPATION; POWER-LAW; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SCALING REGIMES; SCALINGS; TIME-AVERAGED FLOW; TURBULENT STATISTICS;

ASPECT RATIO; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION; PRESSURE DROP; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 70649098316     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.10.027     Document Type: Article

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