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Hakan F Oztop1, Mohammed A Almeshaal2, Lioua Kolsi3,4
1Department of Mech. Engineering, Technology Faculty, Firat University, Elazig TR-23119, Turkey.
Abstract:
A numerical study on natural convection in a cubical cavity with partial top and bottom openings is performed in this paper. One of the vertical walls of the cavity has higher temperature than that of the opposite one; the remaining walls are insulated perfectly. Three-dimensional simulations of governing equations have been performed using a finite volume technique. The results are presented for different parameters such as opening length and Rayleigh number. It is observed that heat transfer rate and fluid flow can be controlled via opening ratio size and Rayleigh number.
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