FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF RADIUS RATIO ON NATURAL CONVECTION IN AN ANNULAR CAVITY Academic Article

abstract

• A finite element method based on the Eulerian velocity correction method has been used to analyse the laminar natural convection in an annular cavity. Unsteady, incompressible, axisymmetric NavierStokes equations have been made use of. Different radius ratios of the annular cavity have been considered to investigate the effect of the radius of curvature on the heat transfer coefficient.

authors

• Reddy, Junuthula

published proceedings

• INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NUMERICAL METHODS FOR HEAT & FLUID FLOW

author list (cited authors)

• Sai, B., Seetharamu, K. N., Narayana, P., & Reddy, J. N.

citation count

• 13

complete list of authors

• Sai, BVK Satya||Seetharamu, KN||Narayana, PA Aswatha||Reddy, JN

publication date

• April 1993

publisher

• Emerald  Publisher

published in

• International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow  Journal

keywords

• Laminar Natural Convection
• Nusselt Number Distribution
• Pressure Poisson Equation
• Radius Ratio
• Velocity Correction Method

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1108/eb017533

start page

• 305

end page

• 318

volume

• 3

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eb017533