Convection in a rectangular cavity due to internal heat generation.
01 January 1985
Two-dimensional convection patterns driven by internal heat sources are analyzed in the large Rayleigh number limit. The flow field is similar to that encountered in a Czochralski apparatus or in certain large scale thermal cooling problems. An existing theory for rectangular cavities, based on the modified Oseen technique and the assumption of centro-symmetry, predicts a shear profile for the double roll structure that differs markedly from those usually observed.