Abd. Aziz, Mohamad Redhwan (2006) Natural convection in semi trapezoidal enclosure. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
Numerical analysis approach for natural convection in semi trapezoidal shaped cavity is investigated by applying constant heat flux from the top. Buoyancy consideration of Boussinesq approximation noted valid for this incompressible problem of ideal gas with low (Pr) Prandtl number (Pr=0.7) and laminar steady state condition. Taking a physical geometry of semi trapezoidal enclosure with aspect ratio of 1.5, with top wall been constantly applied heat flux (constant heat flux boundary condition) while inclined sidewall is been kept at same temperature (isothermal boundary condition). Bottom and vertical side wall are been insulated and assumed z-direction to be infinite (2 - dimensional). The integral forms of the governing equations are solved by control volume based finite volume method using SIMPLE algorithm. Parametric study on the behavior of the isotherms and velocity profiles in the cavity would then be elaborated upon the final results.
|Item Type:||Thesis (Masters)|
|Additional Information:||Thesis (Sarjana Kejuruteraan (Mekanikal)) - Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 2006; Supervisor : Prof. Amer Nordin Darus|
|Uncontrolled Keywords:||natural convection, semi trapezoidal shaped cavity, boussinesq approximation|
|Subjects:||T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery|
|Deposited By:||Ms Zalinda Shuratman|
|Deposited On:||14 Jan 2010 00:56|
|Last Modified:||14 Jan 2011 03:45|
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