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Natural convection of micropolar fluids in an inclined rectangular enclosure. (English) Zbl 0783.76088

This paper presents numerical results for buoyancy driven flow and heat transfer in a two-dimensional, micropolar fluid filled enclosure. A rectangular enclosure is heated and cooled on the end walls while the other two sides are insulated. Parametric heat transfer calculations have been performed by the cubic spline collocation method. A series of Rayleigh numbers and aspect ratios of the enclosure are presented. The effect of inclination and various material parameters on the rate of heat transfer was discussed.

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76R10 Free convection
76A05 Non-Newtonian fluids
76M25 Other numerical methods (fluid mechanics) (MSC2010)
80A20 Heat and mass transfer, heat flow (MSC2010)
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