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List <strong>of</strong> Figures<br />

2.1 Comparison <strong>of</strong> experimental measurements and correlations[2] 50<br />

2.2 Schematics <strong>of</strong> the flow geometry, (a) flat plate, (b) backward-<br />

facing step, (c) forward-facing step. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51<br />

2.3 Velocity pr<strong>of</strong>iles under aiding and opposing buoyancy force[3]. 52<br />

2.4 Effect <strong>of</strong> aiding <strong>natural</strong> <strong>convection</strong> on a <strong>turbulent</strong> flow in a ver-<br />

tical tube. uε is the velocity at the border <strong>of</strong> the viscous layer,um<br />

is the mean velocity in the core <strong>of</strong> the flow.[3]. . . . . . . . . . . 52<br />

2.5 Heat transfer data and correlations for the Rayleigh-Bénard configuration[4]. 53<br />

2.6 Schematic view <strong>of</strong> the air filled cavity[5]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56<br />

2.7 Boundary layer structure at Y=0.5 (vertical velocity pr<strong>of</strong>ile near<br />

the hot wall)[6]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57<br />

2.8 Vector plot <strong>of</strong> mean velocity pr<strong>of</strong>iles (a) Non-partitioned cavity<br />

(b) Partitioned cavity[7]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58<br />

4.1 A low-Reynolds-number and wall function grids. . . . . . . . . 93<br />

4.2 Turbulent velocity boundary layer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93<br />

4.3 Schematic <strong>of</strong> near-wall cell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102<br />

5.1 Grid and control volume arrangements for pressure and mean<br />

velocity storage in the TEAM code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117<br />

5.2 Schematic <strong>of</strong> control volumes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119<br />

5.3 Calculation procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127<br />

5.4 Schematic <strong>of</strong> the inclined cavity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132<br />

6.1 100x270 Grid for low-Renumber-model <strong>computation</strong> <strong>of</strong> the tall<br />

cavity, (scale <strong>of</strong> the small side is enlarged by a factor <strong>of</strong> 7). . . . 136<br />

6.2 40x220 Grid for high-Renumber-model <strong>computation</strong> <strong>of</strong> the tall<br />

cavity, (scale <strong>of</strong> the small side is enlarged by a factor <strong>of</strong> 7). . . . 136<br />

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