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Numerical Analysis of Laminar Natural Convection Heat Transfer around Two Vertical Fins by a Spectral Finite Difference Method

  • Haehwan SONG;MOCHIMARU Yoshihiro
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.56-57
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    • 2003
  • A numerical solution is presented for the natural convection heat transfer from two vertical fins using a spectral finite difference method. Virtual distant boundary conditions for two bodies that are compatible with plume behavior and with an overall continuity condition are introduced. A boundary-fitted coordinate system is formed. Streamlines, isotherms, mean Nusselt numbers and drag & lift coefficients are presented for a variety of dimensionless parameters such as a Grashof number and a Prandtl number at a steady-state. Extensive effectiveness of a spectral finite difference method was established.

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Convective Heat Transfer in a Channel with Isothermal Rectangular Beams (등온사각빔이 부착된 채널에서의 대류열전달)

  • Ree, J.S.;Kwon, S.S.
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.63-72
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    • 1995
  • Convective heat transfer in a two-dimensional horizontal and vertical channel with isothermal rectangular beams attached to one adiabatic wall is investigated from the numerical solution of Navier-Stokes and energy equations. The solutions have been obtained for dimensionless beam spacings, S/L=1~4, aspect ratios of beam, H/B=0.25~4, Reynolds numbers, Re=50~1000 and Grashof numbers, $Gr=0{\sim}5{\times}10^4$. The total mean Nusselt number, Nu_T for horizontal and vertical channels shows same value at Gr=0. As Gr increases, Nu_T for horizontal channel increases, but Nu_T for vertical channel shows similar value at S/L=2, H/B=0.25, Re=100. The total mean Nusselt number for horizontal channel is higher than that for vertical channel. As H/B increases, $Nu_T$ for both channel decrease at $Gr=10^4$, Re=100.

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Convective Heat Transfer in a Channel with an Isothermal Rectangular Beam (한 개의 등온사각빔이 부착된 채널에서의 대류열전달)

  • Kwon, Sun-Sok;Ree, Jae-Shin
    • Solar Energy
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.75-90
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    • 1994
  • Thermal energy transport in a two-dimensional horizontal and vertical channel with an isothermal rectangular beam attached to one adiabatic wall is investigated from the numerical solution of Navier-Stokes and energy equations. The solutions have been obtained for dimensionless aspect equations. The solutions have been obtained for dimensionless aspect ratios of beam, H/B=$0.25{sim}4$, Reynolds numbers, Re=$50{\sim}500$ and Grashof numbers, Gr=$0{\sim}5{\times}10^4$. The mean Nusselt number, $\overline{Nu}$ for horizontal and vertical channels shows same value at Gr=0 and increases as Gr increases and decreases as H/B increases at Re=100. $\overline{Nu}$ of vertical channel shows higher in $0.25{\leq}H/B<1.1$ and lower in $1.1{\leq}H/B{\leq}4.0$ than that of horizontal channel at $Gr=10^4$, Re=100. $\overline{Nu}$ of vertical channel shows higher in $0.25{\leq}H/B<1.1$ and lower in $1.1{\leq}H/B=1.0$ than that of horizontal channel at Re=100, $0<Gr{\leq}5{\times}10^4$. A comparison between the experimental and numerical results shows good agreement.

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Natural Convection Heat Transfer from a Horizontal Annulus with Spacers (격판을 가진 수평환상공간에서의 자연대류 열전달)

  • 이범철;정한식;권순석
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.153-160
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    • 1989
  • A numerical and experimental study has been performed on natural convection heat transfer from a horizontal annulus with spacers. The mode of heat transfer in the annulus is changed from conduction to convection at Ra = 10$^{3}$. By increasing wall conductivity, mean Nusselt number is apparently increased at $K_{w}$/K$_{f}$ .leg. 48, but at /K$_{w}$/K$_{f}$ > 48, slightly increased for no spacers, and decreased for vertical spacers and horizontal spacers. The mean Nusselt number can be represented in an exponential function of Grashof number at all conditions. The characterics of natural convection heat transfer show similiarity for no spacers and vertical spacers but show difference for horizontal spacers. The presence of the horizontal spacers increased the convective heat transfer by an average 6 percent over that for the no forced cooling to outer cylinder. The maximum local Nusselt number appears at .theta. = 150.deg. in a conducting tube and .theta. = 30.deg. in an outer cylinder for vertical spacers, and appears at .theta. = 180.deg. in a conducting tube and .theta. = 0.deg. in an outer cylinder for horizontal spacers.spacers.

Natural Convection Heat Transfer from a Hot Body in s Square Enclosure (정사각형 밀폐공간 내에 있는 고온부로부터의 자연대류 열전달)

  • Kwon, S.S.;Chung, T.H.;Kwon, Y.I.
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.147-154
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    • 1992
  • Laminar natural convection heat transfer from a hot body in a square enclosure has been studied for various center positions of a hot square at Grashof number $Gr=1.5{\times}10^5$, Prandtl number Pr=0.71 and dimensionless thermal conductivity $k_g/k_f=14710$. The natural convection at the center position of a hot square; $X_c$, $Y_c=0.5$, 0.2 shows the most strong and at $X_c$, $Y_c=0.5$, 0.7 the most weak. The total mean Nusselt number at $X_c$, $Y_c=0.5$, 0.2 was 7.4% higher than that at $X_c$, $Y_c=0.2$, 0.5. The total mean Nusselt number at $X_c$, $Y_c=0.5$, 0.7 was 5.0% lower than that at $X_c$, $Y_c=0.3$, 0.5.

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A study of natural convection in non-Newtonian fluids induced by a vertical wavy surface (기복을 이루는 수직벽에서 비뉴턴유체의 자연대류에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Eun-Pil
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.20 no.11
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    • pp.3686-3694
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    • 1996
  • A numerical investigation of natural convection flow along irregular vertical surfaces is reported. A transformation method is applied to the problem of natural convection under the assumption of a large Grashof number. A vertical wavy surface is used as an example to demonstrate the advantages of the transformation method, and to show the heat transfer mechanism near such surfaces. Surface non-uniformities on the boundary layer flow induced by a constant was temperature, semi-infinite surface are investigated. Also the effects of Prandtl number, flow index, and surface amplitude in Non-Newtonian fluids are discussed. When possible, the comparison of the numerical results shows a good agreement. The amplitude is proportional to the amplitude of a wavy surface. The results demonstrate that the local heat flux along a wavy surface is smaller than that of a flat surface. The frequency of the wavy surface is half that of the local heat transfer rate. The amplitude of the local Nusselt number gradually decreases downstream where the natural convection boundary layer grows thick.

Thermal Instability of Fluid in a Slot between Two Vertical Permeable Walls (두개의 수직 다공성 벽면을 가진 좁은 간격에서의 유체의 열적 불안정성)

  • Sohn, Dong-Yun;Yoo, Jung-Yul;Lee, Taik-Sik
    • The Magazine of the Society of Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Engineers of Korea
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.215-222
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    • 1984
  • An analytical study on the thermal instability of fluid in a vertical solt between two permeable walls has been carried out using fast converging power series solution method. For given values of prandtl number Pr and permeability paramter ${\sigma}$, the critical Grashof number $Gr_c$ and the critical wave number ac are found as eigenvalues of the problem formulated by the stability equations and the appropriate boundary conditions which are derived on the basis of linear stability theory. In the case of ${\sigma}\;>\;10^4$, the results approach those of solid boundary case, but in the case of ${\sigma}\;<\;10^3$, the decrease of $Gr_c$ and $a_c$become more prominent. In other words, the permeable walls cause the flow to be more unstable than the solid walls. This is considered to be due to the slip of the fluid on the wail, which decrease the friction force.

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Measurement of Velocity Profiles in the Laminar Free Convection Boundary Layer on A Uniformly Heated Vertical Flat Plate by A Laser- Doppler Velocimeter (수직평판의 자연대류 경계층에서의 유속의 Laser-Doppler 유속계에 의한 측정)

  • ;;Lee, Jeong Bae
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.27-34
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    • 1979
  • The velocity profiles in the laminar free convection boundary layer on a uniformly heated vertical plate are measured by a Laser Doppler Velocimeter for air in the range of modified Grashof number G $r_{\chi}$*=1.172x10$^{9}$ . The fringe mode, forward scatter type of the LDV system is used and the small magnesium oxide particles are used for the scattering pafticles. The analytical non-dimensionalized velocity profiles are obtained by use of an analog computer for the comparison with the experimental results. The experimental reults are in good agreement with the analytical solution obtained with an aid of the analog computer.er.

The Hydrodynamic Stability of Natural Convection Flows Adjacent to an Inclined Isothermal Surface Submerged in Cold, Pure Water (순수한 찬물속에 잠겨있는 경사진 등온벽면 부근의 자연대류에 관한 수동력학적 안정성)

  • Hwang, Y.K.;Jang, M.R.
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.268-278
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    • 1990
  • Hydrodynamic stability equations are formulated for natural convection flows adjacent to a heated or cooled, inclined, isothermal surface in pure water at $4^{\circ}C$, where the density variation with temperature becomes nonlinear. The resulting stability equations, when reduced to ordinary differential equations by a similarity transformation, constitute a two-point boundary-value problem, which was solved numerically. It is found from the obtained stability results that the neutral stability curves are systematically shifted to have lower critical Grashof numbers, as the inclination angle of upward-facing plate increases. Also, the nose of the neutral stability curve becomes blunter as the angle increases. It implies that the greater the inclination of the upward-facing plate, the more susceptible of the flow to instability for the wide range of disturbance wave number and frequency.

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Thermal diffusion and diffusion thermo effects on an unsteady heat and mass transfer magnetohydrodynamic natural convection Couette flow using FEM

  • Raju, R. Srinivasa;Reddy, G. Jithender;Rao, J. Anand;Rashidi, M.M.
    • Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.349-362
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    • 2016
  • The numerical solutions of unsteady hydromagnetic natural convection Couette flow of a viscous, incompressible and electrically conducting fluid between the two vertical parallel plates in the presence of thermal radiation, thermal diffusion and diffusion thermo are obtained here. The fundamental dimensionless governing coupled linear partial differential equations for impulsive movement and uniformly accelerated movement of the plate were solved by an efficient Finite Element Method. Computations were performed for a wide range of the governing flow parameters, viz., Thermal diffusion (Soret) and Diffusion thermo (Dufour) parameters, Magnetic field parameter, Prandtl number, Thermal radiation and Schmidt number. The effects of these flow parameters on the velocity (u), temperature (${\theta}$) and Concentration (${\phi}$) are shown graphically. Also the effects of these pertinent parameters on the skin-friction, the rate of heat and mass transfer are obtained and discussed numerically through tabular forms. These are in good agreement with earlier reported studies. Analysis indicates that the fluid velocity is an increasing function of Grashof numbers for heat and mass transfer, Soret and Dufour numbers whereas the Magnetic parameter, Thermal radiation parameter, Prandtl number and Schmidt number lead to reduction of the velocity profiles. Also, it is noticed that the rate of heat transfer coefficient and temperature profiles increase with decrease in the thermal radiation parameter and Prandtl number, whereas the reverse effect is observed with increase of Dufour number. Further, the concentration profiles increase with increase in the Soret number whereas reverse effect is seen by increasing the values of the Schmidt number.