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The boundary-layer regime for convection in a rectangular cavity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

A. E. Gill
A. E. Gill
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
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Abstract

This paper studies the two-dimensional convective motion in a rectangular cavity, the two vertical sides of which are maintained at different temperatures. This system is studied for the special case in which the temperature difference ΔT between the two vertical walls is so large that the transfer of heat from one vertical wall to the other is achieved almost entirely by convection. Heat transfer by conduction is assumed to be of importance only in thin boundary layers adjoining the walls. For a cavity of height H, the boundary layers on the two vertical walls are found to have thickness proportional to [ell ], where [ell ]4 = κνH/γgΔT, and the condition for the boundary-layer regime to be established is that [ell ] be small compared with the width of the cavity. An approximate solution of the problem is obtained for the case of large values of the Prandtl number ν/κ, and found to be in satisfactory agreement with experimental results obtained by Elder (1965).

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , November 1966 , pp. 515 - 536
Copyright
© 1966 Cambridge University Press

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