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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
Volume 47, Issue 8-9, Pages 1917-1924Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2003.10.014
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Transient free convection in a two-dimensional square cavity filled with a porous medium is numerically studied in this paper. The left vertical wall is suddenly heated to a constant temperature T-h, while the right wall is suddenly cooled to a constant temperature T-c by equal amount relative to an initially uniform temperature distribution. Both the horizontal walls are adiabatic. The finite volume numerical method is used to solve the non-dimensional governing equations. The results are obtained for the initial transient state up to the steady state, and for Rayleigh number values of 10(2)-10(4). It is observed that the average Nusselt number showing an undershoot during the transient period and that the time required to reach the steady state is longer for low Rayleigh number and shorter for high Rayleigh number. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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