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Measurements in buoyancy-assisting separated flow behind a vertical backward-facing step

Journal Article · · Journal of Heat Transfer (Transactions of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), Series C); (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2910692· OSTI ID:6249166
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  1. Missouri-Rolla Univ., Rolla (United States)
The effect of buoyancy on the flow and the heat-transfer characteristics was investigated experimentally and numerically, using the results of measurements of velocity and temperature distributions in buoyancy-assisting laminar mixed convection boundary layer flow over a vertical two-dimensional heated backward-facing step. As a result of measurements, heat transfer (Nusselt number) and reattachment length behaviors were obtained as a function of the buoyancy level. It was found that an increase in the buoyancy force causes a decrease in the size of the recirculation region behind the step and decreases in the reattachment length. An increase of the buoyancy force also causes the local Nusselt number to increase, and the location of its maximum value to move closer to the step. The results of measurements agreed well with numerical predictions. 14 refs.
OSTI ID:
6249166
Journal Information:
Journal of Heat Transfer (Transactions of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), Series C); (United States), Journal Name: Journal of Heat Transfer (Transactions of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), Series C); (United States) Vol. 115:2; ISSN JHTRAO; ISSN 0022-1481
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English