Natural convection around the human head.

Optimization of 3-D natural convection around the isothermal cylinder using Taguchi method

This study discusses the application of Taguchi method in assessing minimum entropy generation and maximum heat transfer rate for natural convection in an enclosure embedded with isothermal cylinder. The simulations were planned based on Taguchi’s L25 orthogonal array with each trial performed under different conditions of position and aspect ratio (AR) of the cylinder. The thermal lattice Bolt...

Effects of Radiation on Natural Convection Flow around a Sphere

The effects of radiation on natural convection flow around a sphere with uniform surface heat flux have been investigated in this paper. We have considered here a sphere with uniform surface heat flux immersed in a viscous incompressible optically thick fluid. The governing equations are first transformed into non-dimensional form and the resulting nonlinear systems of partial differential equa...

Completely passive natural convection

Natural convection is a basic process which is important in a wide variety of practical applications [1,2]. In essence, a heated fluid expands and rises from buoyancy due to decreased density. Numerous papers have been written on natural or mixed convection in vertical ducts heated on the side. The effects of added viscous dissipation heat have been considered [3–8]. The fluid motions in all pr...

Laminar Natural Convection

The problem of laminar, natural convection flow over a vertical f rus tum of a cone is treated in this paper. The thermal boundary condition at the wall include both the constant wall temperature and the constant wall heat flux cases. The governing differential equations are solved by a combinat ion of quasilinearization and finitedifference methods. Numerical solutions are obtained for a range...

Viscoelastic Natural Convection