NATURAL-CONVECTION IN AN ENCLOSURE WITH NONUNIFORM WALL TEMPERATURE

Abstract

A numerical study of natural convection in an enclosure was investigated. The heated wall of the enclosure is divided into two of the higher and lower temperature regions and the temperature of the cold wall is maintained at a constant. The parameters of Rayleigh number and length ratio are mainly considered. The results show that the local Nusselt number distribution varies drastically at the intersection of the higher and lower temperature regions, and the flow is strongly affected by the above two parameters.