Natural Convection between Two Vertical Plates
Natural Convection between Two Vertical Plates
The dimensionless vertical velocity inside two vertical plates at distance and temperatures and is computed for specified Grashov number , where is the velocity , is the distance in meters, is the kinematic viscosity in /s, is the gravitational acceleration in , and is the volumetric coefficient of thermal expansion in .
V=vd/ν
2d
T
1
T
2
Gr=gβ(-)
3
d
2
ν
T
2
T
1
v
m/s
d
ν
2
m
g
m/
2
s
β
o
-1
K
For a fixed Grashov number, determines black points on the curve, followed by the numerical values of . Thus for any and the precise values of the velocity are available.
ξ
V(ξ)
Gr
ξ
The frame ticks change with Grashov number , which conveniently lets you observe that the shape of the velocity distribution did not change.
Gr