Transient Development Of Laminar Mixed Convection Flow In A Vertical Tube
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Free (open access)
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Volume
46
Pages
10
Published
2004
Size
443 kb
Paper DOI
10.2495/HT040061
Copyright
WIT Press
Author(s)
C.T. Nguyen, S.E.B. Maïga, T. Maré & N. Galanis
Abstract
The problem of the transient laminar mixed convection flow in a vertical tube subject to time-dependent inlet boundary conditions has been numerically investigated. Results have clearly shown that successive step changes of the fluid inlet temperature have tremendous effects on the flow structure and its transient behaviors. It has been observed that a multiple-cell structure may co-exist in the tube. Thus, as hot fluid is cooled by heat loss to ambient environment, a first recirculation cell is noticed on the tube wall; it continues to increase both in volume and intensity. Shortly after the beginning of the positive step change of fluid inlet temperature, a second recirculatio
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