The Effect of Body Forces on the Motion and Heat Transfer of Confined Fluids.

Abstract

The research performed under the subject dealt with two problems in which body forces lead to complex flows which are of scientific and technological importance. The first of these is concerned with the central unresolved problem of flows in completely confined enclosures, viz., that it is not possible to predict the flow pattern a priori for a specified geometric configuration and imposed boundary conditions. The second problem is an external one in which there is an interaction of hydrodynamic (Taylor-Gortler) and thermal (Rayleigh-Bernard) instabilities. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 31, 1983
Accession Number
ADA127368

Entities

People

  • Simon Ostrach

Organizations

  • Case Western Reserve University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Aspect Ratio
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Buoyancy
  • Centrifugal Force
  • Convection
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Experimental Data
  • Flow
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Instability
  • Layers
  • Storage Batteries
  • Thermal Boundary Layer

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.