TY - JOUR
T1 - MIXED CONVECTION IN HORIZONTAL POROUS LAYERS
T2 - EFFECTS OF THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS.
AU - Lai, F. C.
AU - Kulacki, F. A.
AU - Prasad, V.
PY - 1987/12/1
Y1 - 1987/12/1
N2 - Numerical results are reported for steady-state mixed convection in a two-dimensional horizontal porous layer with localized heating from below. The focus of this study is on the effects caused by the thermal boundary conditions. The effects of the induced flow on temperature field, flow structure, and heat transfer rates are also examined for a wide range of Rayleigh and Peclet numbers. It has been observed that the overall Nusselt numbers for the cases of an isothermally cooled bottom wall is always higher than that for an insulated bottom wall. However, the difference which is significant in the natural convection regime becomes almost indistinguishable as the strength of forced flow is increased.
AB - Numerical results are reported for steady-state mixed convection in a two-dimensional horizontal porous layer with localized heating from below. The focus of this study is on the effects caused by the thermal boundary conditions. The effects of the induced flow on temperature field, flow structure, and heat transfer rates are also examined for a wide range of Rayleigh and Peclet numbers. It has been observed that the overall Nusselt numbers for the cases of an isothermally cooled bottom wall is always higher than that for an insulated bottom wall. However, the difference which is significant in the natural convection regime becomes almost indistinguishable as the strength of forced flow is increased.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:0023565907
SN - 0272-5673
VL - 84
SP - 91
EP - 96
JO - American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD
JF - American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD
ER -