Buoyancy-induced two-dimensional vertical flows in a thermally stratified environment (Q793612)

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Buoyancy-induced two-dimensional vertical flows in a thermally stratified environment
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    Buoyancy-induced two-dimensional vertical flows in a thermally stratified environment (English)
    A numerical study of the vertical two-dimensional natural convection flow over a heated vertical surface and that in a thermal plume, the ambient medium being stably stratified due to a temperature increase with height, is carrid out. Employing finite difference techniques, these buoyancy- induced flows are studied at various stratification levels, ambient temperature distributions and at two Prandtl numbers, 6.7 and 0.7, which apply for water and air at normal temperatures. The numerical scheme is outlined and its accuracy and convergence discussed. The results are found to be in good agreement with earlier studies of natural convection flows in thermally stratified media.
    vertical two-dimensional
    heated vertical surface
    thermal plume
    stably stratified
    temperature increase with height
    finite difference techniques
    buoyancy-induced flows
    Prandtl numbers
    water
    accuracy
    convergence

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