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Natural convection flows due to the combined buoyancy of heat and mass diffusion in a thermally stratified medium

Angirasa, D and Srinivasan, J (1989) Natural convection flows due to the combined buoyancy of heat and mass diffusion in a thermally stratified medium. In: Journal of Heat Transfer, 111 (3). pp. 657-663.

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Abstract

Laminar, double diffusive free convection is studied numerically adjacent to a vertical surface in a stable, thermally stratified medium. The buoyant mechanisms are thermal diffusion and species diffusion. The species concn. is assumed to be small. Boussinesq approxns. are incorporated and the governing conservation equations of mass, momentum, energy, and species are nondimensionalized. These equations are solved by using a finite-difference method. The results are explained in terms of the basic phys. mechanisms that govern these flows. The ambient thermal stratification has a profound effect on the transport characteristics. The results show many interesting aspects of the complex interaction of the buoyant mechanisms.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: Journal of Heat Transfer
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Additional Information: Copyright of this article belongs to American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Department/Centre: Division of Mechanical Sciences > Mechanical Engineering
Date Deposited: 25 Feb 2008
Last Modified: 27 Aug 2008 13:10
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/12903

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