Natural convection in square cavity filled with ferrofluid saturated porous medium in the presence of uniform magnetic field

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• 作者：Tariq Javed^a ; Z. Mehmood^a ; ^{rajaziafat@yahoo.com} ; Z. Abbas^b
• 关键词：Natural convection ; Porous medium ; Ferrofluid ; Cavity flow ; Finite element method
• 刊名：Physica B: Condensed Matter
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：1 February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：506
• 期：Complete
• 页码：122-132
• 全文大小：2849 K
• 卷排序：506

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This article contains numerical results for free convection through square enclosure enclosing ferrofluid saturated porous medium when uniform magnetic field is applied upon the flow along x-axis. Heat is provided through bottom wall and a square blockage placed near left or right bottom corner of enclosure as a heat source. Left and right vertical boundaries of the cavity are considered insulated while upper wall is taken cold. The problem is modelled in terms of system of nonlinear partial differential equations. Finite element method has been adopted to compute numerical simulations of mathematical problem for wide range of pertinent flow parameters including Rayleigh number, Hartman number, Darcy number and Prandtl number.Analysis of results reveals that the strength of streamline circulation is an increasing function of Darcy and Prandtl number where convection heat transfer is dominant for large values of these parameters whereas increase in Hartman number has opposite effects on isotherms and streamline circulations. Thermal conductivity and hence local heat transfer rate of fluid gets increased when ferroparticles are introduced in the fluid. Average Nusselt number increases with increase in Darcy and Rayleigh numbers while it is decreases when Hartman number is increased.