Two-dimensional steady-state laminar natural convection of inelastic power-law non-Newtonian fluids in square enclosures with differentially heated sidewalls subjected to constant wall heat flux (CHWF) are studied numerically. To complement the simulations, a scaling analysis is also performed to elucidate the anticipated effects of Rayleigh number (Ra), Prandtl number (Pr) and power-law index (n) on the Nusselt number. The effects of in the range 0.6 ≤ n ≤ 1.8 on heat and momentum transport are investigated for nominal values Ra in the range 103–106 and a Pr range of 10–105. In addition the results are compared with the constant wall temperature (CWT) configuration. It is found that the mean Nusselt number increases with increasing values of Ra for both Newtonian and power-law fluids in both configurations. However, the values for the vertical walls subjected to CWHF are smaller than the corresponding values in the same configuration with CWT (for identical values of nominal Ra, Pr and n). The values obtained for power-law fluids with () are greater (smaller) than that obtained in the case of Newtonian fluids with the same nominal value of Ra due to strengthening (weakening) of convective transport. With increasing shear-thickening (i.e., n > 1) the mean Nusselt number settles to unity () as heat transfer takes place principally due to thermal conduction. The effects of Pr are shown to be essentially negligible in the range 10–105. New correlations are proposed for the mean Nusselt number for both Newtonian and power-law fluids.
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Journal of Heat Transfer
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Laminar Natural Convection of Power-Law Fluids in a Square Enclosure With Differentially Heated Sidewalls Subjected to Constant Wall Heat Flux
Osman Turan,
e-mail: osmanturan@ktu.edu.tr
Osman Turan
School of Engineering
,University of Liverpool
,Brownlow Hill
,Liverpool, L69 3GH
, UK
;Department of Mechanical Engineering
,Karadeniz Technical University
,Trabzon, 61080
, Turkey
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Robert J. Poole,
Robert J. Poole
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,University of Liverpool
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,Liverpool, L69 3GH
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Nilanjan Chakraborty
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Nilanjan Chakraborty
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School of Mechanical and Systems Engineering
,Newcastle University
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,Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE1 7RU
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Osman Turan
School of Engineering
,University of Liverpool
,Brownlow Hill
,Liverpool, L69 3GH
, UK
;Department of Mechanical Engineering
,Karadeniz Technical University
,Trabzon, 61080
, Turkey
e-mail: osmanturan@ktu.edu.tr
Anuj Sachdeva
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Robert J. Poole
e-mail: robpoole@liv.ac.uk
School of Engineering
,University of Liverpool
,Brownlow Hill
,Liverpool, L69 3GH
, UK
Nilanjan Chakraborty
School of Mechanical and Systems Engineering
,Newcastle University
,Claremont Road
,Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE1 7RU
, UK
e-mail: nilanjan.chakraborty@ncl.ac.uk
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Contributed by the Heat Transfer Division of ASME for publication in the Journal of Heat Transfer. Manuscript received July 24, 2011; final manuscript received April 3, 2012; published online October 8, 2012. Assoc. Editor: Sujoy Kumar Saha.
J. Heat Transfer. Dec 2012, 134(12): 122504 (15 pages)
Published Online: December 8, 2012
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Turan, O., Sachdeva, A., Poole, R. J., and Chakraborty, N. (December 8, 2012). "Laminar Natural Convection of Power-Law Fluids in a Square Enclosure With Differentially Heated Sidewalls Subjected to Constant Wall Heat Flux." ASME. J. Heat Transfer. December 2012; 134(12): 122504. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4007123
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