Combined Heat Transfer of Natural Convection-Conduction and Surface Radiation in an Open Cavity Heated by Constant Flux

Combined heat transfer of natural convection-conduction and surface radiation in an open cavity heated by constant flux is studied in this paper. Flow model is laminar and SIMPLE algorithm and QUICK scheme are employed. The relevant parameters are as follows, Prandtl number is 0.7 and dimensionless solid thickness is 0.2, conductivity ratio rangs from 0 to 1000, Rayleigh number ranges from 10³ to 10⁹, surface emissivity ranges from 0 to 1. The numerical results shows secondary circular formed as an effect of radiation which increased the average Nusselt number about from 54.1% to 100.3%.