Natural convection in a porous trapezoidal enclosure with an inclined magnetic field

被引:36
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作者
Saleh, H. [1 ]
Roslan, R. [2 ]
Hashim, I. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Kebangsaan Malaysia, Modelling & Data Anal Res Ctr, Sch Math Sci, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia
[2] Univ Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Ctr Res Appl Math, Fac Sci Arts & Heritage, Parit Raja 86400, Johor, Malaysia
关键词
Natural convection; Porous media; Darcy's law; Trapezoidal enclosure; RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE; HEAT-GENERATION; CAVITY; LAYER; FLOW;
D O I
10.1016/j.compfluid.2011.03.002
中图分类号
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要
The effect of a magnetic field on steady convection in a trapezoidal enclosure filled with a fluid-saturated porous medium is studied numerically by the finite difference method. The inclined sloping boundaries is treated by adopting staircase-like zigzag lines. The sloping walls are maintained isothermally at different temperatures. The top and bottom horizontal straight walls are kept adiabatic. The results indicate that the heat transfer performance decreases by decreasing the angle of sloping wall. Optimum reducing of the heat transfer rate was obtained for an acute trapezoidal enclosure and large magnetic field in the horizontal direction. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:155 / 164
页数:10
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