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Mixed convection in a periodically heated channel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2015

M. Z. Hossain  and
J. M. Floryan
M. Z. Hossain*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, ON N6A 5B9, Canada
J. M. Floryan
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, ON N6A 5B9, Canada
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†Email address for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

Mixed convection in a channel with flow driven by a pressure gradient and subject to spatially periodic heating along one of the walls has been studied. The pattern of the heating is characterized by the wavenumber ${\it\alpha}$ and its intensity is expressed in terms of the Rayleigh number $\mathit{Ra}_{p}$. The primary convection has the form of counter-rotating rolls with the wavevector parallel to the wavevector of the heating. The resulting net heat flow between the walls increases proportionally to $\mathit{Ra}_{p}$ but the growth saturates when $\mathit{Ra}_{p}=O(10^{3})$. The most effective heating pattern corresponds to ${\it\alpha}\approx 1$, as this leads to the most intense transverse motion. The primary convection is subject to transition to secondary states with the onset conditions depending on ${\it\alpha}$. The conditions leading to transition between different forms of secondary motion have been determined using the linear stability theory. Three patterns of secondary motion may occur at small Reynolds numbers $\mathit{Re}$, i.e. longitudinal rolls, transverse rolls and oblique rolls, with the critical conditions varying significantly as a function of ${\it\alpha}$. An increase of ${\it\alpha}$ leads to the elimination of the longitudinal rolls and, eventually, to the elimination of the oblique rolls, with the transverse rolls assuming the dominant role. For large ${\it\alpha}$, the transition is driven by the Rayleigh–Bénard mechanism; while for ${\it\alpha}=O(1)$, the spatial parametric resonance dominates. The global flow characteristics are identical regardless of whether the heating is applied at the lower or the upper wall.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 768 , 10 April 2015 , pp. 51 - 90
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