A numerical study of natural convection with surface radiation in an air filled square enclosure with a centrally heated bottom wall and cooled upper wall is presented. The vertical walls and the rest of the bottom wall are assumed to be insulated. The problem is studied for Rayleigh numbers Ra, ranging from to and surfaces emissivity , varying from 0 to 1. The governing equations, written in terms of stream function-vorticity formulation, are solved using a finite difference approach. It is found that, under these heating/cooling conditions, three different steady-state solutions are possible in the ranges of the parameters considered. Results are presented detailing the occurrence of each steady-state solution and the effect of Ra and on its range of existence. It is found that the surface radiation alters significantly the existence ranges of the solutions. For each solution, convective and radiative contributions to the global heat transfer are also quantified for various Ra and . The influence of the heated surface dimension on the fluid flow and thermal patterns is also presented by comparing the present results against those obtained by the authors in an earlier study within a square cavity totally heated from below.
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Effect of Surface Radiation on Multiple Natural Convection Solutions in a Square Cavity Partially Heated from Below
El Hassan Ridouane,
El Hassan Ridouane
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
e-mail: eridouan@cems.uvm.edu
The University of Vermont
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Mohammed Hasnaoui
Mohammed Hasnaoui
Department of Physics,
LMFE
, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Marrakech, Morocco
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El Hassan Ridouane
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
The University of Vermont
, Colchester Ave, 201 Votey, Burlington, VT 05405e-mail: eridouan@cems.uvm.edu
Mohammed Hasnaoui
Department of Physics,
LMFE
, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Marrakech, MoroccoJ. Heat Transfer. Oct 2006, 128(10): 1012-1021 (10 pages)
Published Online: May 16, 2006
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July 29, 2005
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May 16, 2006
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Ridouane, E. H., and Hasnaoui, M. (May 16, 2006). "Effect of Surface Radiation on Multiple Natural Convection Solutions in a Square Cavity Partially Heated from Below." ASME. J. Heat Transfer. October 2006; 128(10): 1012–1021. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2345429
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