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Unsteady natural convection in a rectangular cavity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2006

John Patterson  and
Jorg Imberger
John Patterson
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, W.A. 6009
Jorg Imberger
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 Present address: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009.
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Abstract

The problem of transient natural convection in a cavity of aspect ratio A [les ] 1 with differentially heated end walls is considered. Scale analysis is used to show that a number of initial flow types are possible, collapsing ultimately onto two basic types of steady flow, determined by the relative value of the non-dimensional parameters describing the flow. A number of numerical solutions which encompass both flow types are obtained, and their relationship to the scale analysis is discussed.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 100 , Issue 1 , 11 September 1980 , pp. 65 - 86
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© 1980 Cambridge University Press

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