Enhancement of Heat Transfer by Chaotic Stirring

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A numerical study has been performed on enhancement of heat transfer in a forced convection of the modified driven-cavity flow which was previously found by the author to give a regular or chaotic stirring depending on the parameter value. It is found that for the present case wherein heat is transmitted between fluid and the surrounding walls, the chaotic stirring enhances the heat transfer at high Peclet numbers. The optimal condition of the flow modulation for the best heat transfer can be predicted by purely investigating the hydrodynamic facet, i.e. the stirring effect.