Turbulent natural convection in a vertical two-dimensional square cavity, isothermally heated from below and cooled at the upper surface, is numerically analyzed using the finite volume method. The enclosure has a thin horizontal porous obstruction, made of a highly porous material and extremely permeable, located at the cavity midheight. Governing equations are written in terms of primitive variables and are recast into a general form. For empty cavities, no discrepancies result for the Nusselt number when laminar and turbulent model solutions are compared for Rayleigh numbers up to . Also, in general the porous obstruction decreases the heat transfer across the heated walls showing overall lower Nusselt numbers when compared with those without the porous obstruction. However, the presence of a porous plate in the cavity seems to force an earlier separation from laminar to turbulence model solutions due to higher generation rates of turbulent kinetic energy into the porous matrix.
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