Mixed convection from a cylinder oscillating vertically in a quiescent fluid |
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Authors: | F. M. Mahfouz H. M. Badr |
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Affiliation: | (1) Mechanical Engineering Department King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia, SA;(2) KFUPM Box 322, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia, SA |
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Abstract: | The problem of heat convection from a vertically oscillating cylinder in a quiescent fluid is investigated. The governing equations of motion and energy are solved numerically in a non-inertial frame of references to determine the flow field and heat transfer characteristics under different conditions. The main dominating parameters are Keulegan–Carpenter number, KC, frequency parameter, β, Grashof number, Gr and Prandtl number, Pr. The ranges considered for these parameters are KC ≤ 10, β≤40 and Gr ≤ 105 while Prandtl number is kept constant. The study revealed that the effect of amplitude and frequency of oscillation on heat transfer is strongly influenced by the Grashof number range. In the forced convection regime (Gr = 0), the increase of KC creates extensive vortex motion at all cylinder positions that leads to a significant increase in heat transfer. A similar trend, but with a lesser extent, is also observed for the increase of β. However, at high Grashof numbers, the effect of oscillation on heat convection is only significant at large values of KC. Received on 5 June 2000 / Published online: 29 November 2001 |
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