Thermal effects of the micropolar fluid parameters on the laminar free convection in spherical annuli with mixed boundary conditions |
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Authors: | Wen Ruey Chen Yen Hsun Chen |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Far East University, 49 Chung Hua Rd., Hsin-Shih, Tainan Prefecture, 744, Taiwan, ROC |
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Abstract: | The effects of micro-rotation and vortex viscosity in micropolar fluids have been investigated numerically to determine heat
transfer by natural convection between concentric and vertically eccentric spheres with specified mixed boundary conditions.
Calculations were carried out systematically for several different eccentricities and a range of modified Rayleigh numbers
to determine the average Nusslet numbers which are affected by the micropolar parameters (F) of the flow and temperature fields. The skin friction stress on the walls has also been studied and discussed. The governing
equations, in terms of vorticity, stream function, temperature and angular momentum are expressed in a spherical polar coordinate
system. Results were obtained for steady heat-transfer in spherical annuli at a Prandtl number of 0.7, with the modified Rayleigh
number ranging from 103 to 5 × 105, for a radius ratio of 2.0 and eccentricities varying from −0.625 to +0.625. Comparisons are attempted between the Newtonian
fluid and micropolar fluid. |
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