Three-Dimensional Simulation of a Buoyancy-Driven Cavity Flow

by Christopher J. Freitas, Stanford Univ, Dep of Civil, Engineering, Stanford, CA, USA,
Angelos N. Findikakis, Stanford Univ, Dep of Civil, Engineering, Stanford, CA, USA,
Robert L. Street, Stanford Univ, Dep of Civil, Engineering, Stanford, CA, USA,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Hydraulics and Hydrology in the Small Computer Age

Abstract:

The preliminary results of a numerical investigation of natural convection flow in a three-dimensional cavity heated from below are presented. The transient three-dimensional simulation results indicate a complex flow structure in both time and space. These results are contrasted with those of the equivalent two-dimensional simulation fields.

Subject Headings: Three-dimensional models | Three-dimensional flow | Fluid flow | Flow simulation | Cavitation | Two-dimensional models | Three-dimensional analysis

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