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Convection - Science topic
Transmission of energy or mass by a medium involving movement of the medium itself. The circulatory movement that occurs in a fluid at a nonuniform temperature owing to the variation of its density and the action of gravity. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed; Webster, 10th ed)
Questions related to Convection
I want to create a model where a laser beam is used to heat up a thin layer (5nm) of gold. It would be required to consider interactions of the laser with both fluid and solid materials as the solid object with the gold layer is submerged in a small micro well. Please refer to the attached document to get an idea about the model.
At this point I beleive using "Radiative Beam in Absorbing Media" in COMSOL 6.2 is a good optiom. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
"When solar irradiation reaches a surface, some of it is absorbed while the rest is reflected. Part of the light absorbed by the surface transforms into heat and increases the module's temperature. Some of the thermal energy from the PV panel is lost to the environment through convection and thermal radiation. Therefore, for thermal losses, I have two equations: Q(radiation) and Q(convection). To introduce them as boundary conditions in Fluent, I used a Mixed approach to incorporate radiation and convection. However, I'm unsure how to apply the optical loss of the surface due to reflection of the panel towards the environment, derived as: Q_reflectance = G_sun * (1-α), as a boundary condition in Fluent applied to a wall.
I need some articles on convective boundary please?
In Abaqus heat transfer analysis, when assigning furnace temperature to a column (H-Section), how we identify exposed and unexposed surfaces? As in a furnace, all surfaces are exposed. On which surfaces should radiation and convection interactions be assigned? As, for beams, typically, the top surface of the flange is considered unexposed while the remaining surfaces are considered exposed. What should be the approach for columns?
I need to explain the local temperature differnce and boussinsq hypothesis validity?
I have other question in setup of mixed convection of water flow in circular tube under an isothermal heat flux using Ansys fluent,gravity is on, In term of density the boussinesq hypothesis is done, also reference density set at reference temperature (inlet temperature), is it necessary to go to operating conditions to more setup?
To know the impact of secondary flow in mixed convection of water in circular pipe under an isothermal heat flux the heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics, the boussinesq hypothesis is done. What is the range of temperature in each cross section of the pipe when the boussinesq hypothesis is valid?
When Prandtl number is increased for two cases tested over same Rayleigh number, the peak vertical-velocity decreases as Prandtl is increased. This is questionable to the fact that in general terms when Prandtl in increased the velocity boundary layer thickness increases due to increase in momentum diffusivity (\nu)
I'm actually uncertain about the fact that I should treat velocity Boundary layer thickness and peak velocity obtained as two different things.
Also, the current observation is done from the Numerically solved Rayleigh Benard Convection problem in OpenFOAM, with Pr and \nu (kinematic viscosity) as input parameters. For both cases (high and low Pr), \nu value is kept constant and indirectly the input is \kappa (thermal diffusivity) when Pr is changed. (can be a factor to get such behavior for velocity peaks)
Earth emits longwave radiation to space most efficiently from the higher atmosphere layers and regions closer to the poles. As a result, there is an increased need for energy transport to the upper layers of the atmosphere and poleward energy transport. If the former holds true I wonder the potential consequences or changes in the Earth's energy dynamics that have to happen. Here are some examples:
1: increasing convection in the tropics - aka more and extreme positive Indian Ocean dipoles and more and extremer EL Niños?
2: increasing poleward moisture transport?
3: increasing poleward warm water transport? E.g. intensifying gyre circulations?
4: extreme convection events injecting water vapor into the stratosphere moving poleward?
5: increasing cold air outbreaks out of the polar air cell during winter, so warm air can move north?
6: Would this increase longwave radiation to space as convective activity increases in the Arctic during winter?
Suppose, we need to solve 1D heat conduction equation numerically to simulate the heat transfer for a steel rod where convection occurs at its surface. Now, how to solve the 1D heat conduction equation considering the convection scenario also as boundary conditions? any suggestion or resources?
Dear Genius Researchers,
I would like your guidance if anyone can help me in model (Numerically) pool boiling heat transfer phenomena. I am working on Mathematical modeling of "Quenching process", and stuck in lot of theories, still unable to find way to model the "convective heat transfer coefficient" during pool boiling in quenching a steel specimen.To make it simple can we use one dimensional FE method in doing so...? Please share your expert opinion and guidance.
Thanks
Recently, I have worked on a subject that I need to analyze the vortex.
Is there any good reference (book, lecture, or paper) that illustrates clearly vortex generation, type of them, convection, and shedding?
Dear amazing members,
I have a doubt.
If I have three adjacent planes with different boundary conditions, in a 3D domain, Dirichlet (fixed temperature) on one plane, Neumann fixed flux on another plane and Neumann heat conduction on another, then what should I do?
Should I consider all the conditions on the common node? I read somewhere that if Temperature and heat flux is specified on a node then only specified temperature should be considered, but I don't know if I should ignore convective heat transfer when temperature is specified.
And in 2D case, when only temperature is specified on one edge, and convective heat transfer on adjacent edge? Then should I consider the heat convection at the common node these two edges?
Thank you 😊
How can I find value of convective heat transfer coefficient (h) of free air at -20 degree Celsius? Is there any h vs T graph? Or data table?
Description: The air is under natural free convection and the pressure is 1 bar to 0.1 bar.
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For the validation purpose, I need some published data for upward flow between parallel plates in mixed convection
Do the convective boundary conditions belongs to the Neumann type?
In Ansys Fluid Flow (Fluent), I performed a thermal simulation on a heat sink, How can I find the thermal coefficient (h) for convection or heat flux for convection values from that simulation?
As we know, in many references (Farmer et al., 1975; Schmidt et al., 2018; Austin, 2019), the harmonic analysis on the individual thermistor temperature records was applied, especially for the high-frequency water temperature data. I think this method is helpful for water temperature analysis, but I still do not fully understand the physical significance of this method. Can anyone make a clear explanation for this?
After a harmonic analysis, we can obtain a signal. It is easy to understand that the magnitude of the signal decreases with water depth. But some researchers assume that it can be fitted with an offset exponential equation (Austin, 2019). In this way, I can not understand. Hope some warm-hearted can help to explain it.
Thanks very much!
Reference:
[1] Farmer D M. Penetrative convection in the absence of mean shear[J]. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 1975, 101(430): 869-891.
[2] Austin J A. Observations of radiatively driven convection in a deep lake[J]. Limnology and Oceanography, 2019, 64(5): 2152-2160.
[3] Schmidt S R, Gerten D, Hintze T, et al. Temporal and spatial scales of water temperature variability as an indicator for mixing in a polymictic lake[J]. Inland Waters, 2018, 8(1): 82-95.
How to prevent convection for top surface of cell while having only conduction with tabs ?
Can i use simply convective boundary condition with 0 heat transfer coefficient value for whole top surface ?
The water temperature in summer is over 30 degrees. This is favorable for the formation of a tropical cyclone. From autumn to spring, the water temperature is higher than the air temperature. This is favorable for the formation of a tropical cyclone. The type of atmospheric circulation is anticyclonic. This is favorable for the formation of a tropical cyclone. The width of the Red Sea is more than 300 km and it is more than the diameter of the convective cell that transforms into a vortex. The salinity of the water in the Red Sea and in the Persian Gulf is much higher than usual. Maybe this is the problem? It is known that salt water evaporates worse than fresh water.
I am trying to develop a UELMAT for a steady heat transfer analysis. My problem is that my element doesn't work when convection interaction is applied to it. I have tried both to apply this concentrated interaction in the nodes (since superficially it does not work in user-defined elements) and trying to add the FILM subroutine inside the UELMAT subroutine. In all it returns me the nodal temperature as 0 in all the nodes.
Tropical cyclogenesis is a sequence of random events that transform convection into a vortex. Many people think so. But there are facts of correlation of tropical cyclogenesis activity in different regions of the planet. There are data on the cyclical strengthening and weakening of the global tropical cyclogenesis. But then it is a natural, not a random process. For more details, see the dissertation of my graduate student Vadim Doli. See also my question "It is believed that tropical cyclones are local eddies that form without a system. I think this is a mistake." There is a discussion on this topic.
I'm now studying the transportiveness of discretisation schemes using An introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics: The finite Volume Method; HK Versteeg & W Malalasekera; 1995. In Page 144 it says "Since there is no diffusion φ_P is equal to φ_W. If the flow is in the negative x-direction we would find that φ_P is equal to φ_E" (The x-direction is W -> P -> E, and there is only convection and no diffusion, so Peclet number = inf. See the appended figure for details.).
This really confuses me, does it mean if the flow is in the x-direction, then φ_P is unequal to φ_E and they are equal only if the flow is in the negative x-direction?? I cannot understand it because if the flow is in the x-direction, E will be downstream of P and will only be influenced by P, so φ_E is equal to φ_P, which follows that φ_W=φ_P=φ_E.
Do I make a mistake? Please help me, thanks a lot!
- Two-dimensional Steady State Conduction in a Slab Irradiated by a High Energy Laser Beam at The Surface: Use the finite difference method to solve a two-dimensional steady state conduction in a rectangular aluminum (k =200 W/m C) slab subjected to a constant surface heat flux irradiated by a high-energy laser beam at the top surface. For simplicity, assume the heat flux distribution to be to be a constant average value IO = 2 X 108 W/m2 acting over a section of the surface equal to the beam diameter, d=4mm as shown in the figure. The remaining portion of the top surface is subjected to convection with hc=100W/㎡ C. All other surfaces are assumed to be maintained at constant temperature of 𝑇∞=25 C.
Hello everyone, I was wondering about the convection phenomenon in the airgap of a permanent magnet machine. I found in the literature that we need to look for the Taylor number and then Nusselt number based on the flow type (speed) to find the thermal resistance in the airgap. But what about the boundary condition temperatures on the inner stator surface and outer rotor surface? Are they necessary to determine the temperature in the air gap using the LPTM model?
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I am trying to model a 3D heat transfer problem in COMSOL v6. The geometry is very simple and attached below. The length of model is 2m. Rectangular block is 200mm * 160mm.
The point of interest is to calculate equivalent thermal conductivity of air. Thermal conductivity of air in this region depends on all 3 types of heat transfer. Radiation is from the enclosing material (Insulation material on inner side and steel on the outer side)
Conduction and Radiation can be modelled easily. But including the convective effects is little tricky. Ideally, whole of the system should be simulated with induced velocity. But including a lot of physics is making the computation tediously long.
Does anyone how to model this case? One way is to consider analytical Nusselt number correlations. But I do not know how to couple this correlation as my model is also dependant on radiation.
Thanks in advance.
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How can be activated the angle of magnetic field (γ) in FLUENT for convection heat transfer, as shown in Figure 1? step by step please.
Hi Everyone,
I am solving a simple heat transfer problem of pipe at a constant temperature. I want to find the heat loss to ambient using radiation and convection but show the following error.
An unknown error occurred during solution. Check the Solver Output on the Solution Information object for possible causes.
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I am doing a conduction and convection heat transfer analysis in a layered block. The middle layer emits heat flux which is transfered via conduction and convection to the top surface on both sides. I am getting the following error. Would anyone know what this means ?
***ERROR: STRESS - DISPLACEMENT ELEMENTS OR OTHER ELEMENTS WITHOUT TEMPERATURE
DEGREE OF FREEDOM ARE NOT ALLOWED IN A HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS
Many thanks for any help.
In last 20 years, the single phase convection heat transfer studies of transitional and turbulent flow in noncircular ducts with asymmetrical heating are being attempted using numerical methods and CFD mostly without experimental verification of the results; an important shift from earlier experimental approach. I feel this requires thread bare discussion regarding accuracy of the results and other aspects.
do i need to apply temperature , convection and radiation loads all simultaneously or can i apply it by using temperature only?
It is shown that a comparison of the convection heat transfer coefficient of a thin water bearing fracture, αw, with the conduction heat transfer coefficient of the surrounding rock, αr, leads to a drastic αw >> αr difference, called α¬discrepance.It does follow that it is the rock, and not the water, which governs the heat transfer.
Hi, Where can I find the solution manual of the book - An Introduction to Convective Heat Transfer Analysis? I searched on the internet, but couldn't find it. Thanks in advance.
I am trying to predict the temperature of the hot rolled steel section after cooling down from 1300 °C. My predicted temperature reached room temperature at 30 minutes, but journal prediction only came to room temperature at 150th minutes. I considered all input data as per the journal (DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0001739). I am sceptical about modelling input parameters like convection and radiation interaction properties. I want to know where I made a mistake. Kindly help me with this. Please provide your valuable suggestions and, if possible, any input data support my study.
Note: I have attached my Abaqus file and my predicted result
I have brinjal line have trait for wilt resistant that identified by phenotypic data, than I go for cross them with wilt susceptible line, generate F1 and F2, BC1 BC2. based on chai square test and I know this a recessive resistant gene. but now want to know that trait governed by how many gene? how to know pattern of inheritance that gene? or any other method to prove and validate these trait is recessive resistant. finally after know about all genetics which breeding method I should preferred to integrate this trait in promising variety.
Note: I am convectional breeder so want more suggestion on convectional method and also i appreciate advance molecular breeding based suggestion, thank you ...
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I am trying to understand the method to calculate convective heat transfer and radiative heat transfer in comsol. The geometry is a simple rectangle (2D case). Two opposite sides are insulated and other two opposite sides have heat flux boundary condition with respective temperature and h values. Material selection is air.
I have surface to surface radiation model for radiation. The two sides which have heat flux boundary condition are selected as diffuse surface and emissivity values are defined.
When I look at the results convective and radiative heat transfers are zero. But the conductive heat flux has some value. I do not understand what is going in the calculation.
Can someone explain how to find these values?
Thank you.
Hello Everyone,
I am trying to model heat transfer between two coaxial cylindrical rods.
The outer rod is hollow and having the same inner diameter as of inner rod.
The thermal conductivity and coefficient of thermal expansion of outer rod are higher than inner rod, so there is possibility of gap between two rods at higher temperature (around 1000 deg Celsius)
The possible mode of heat transfer are conduction(when in contact), radiation and convection (when gap generated).
The inner rod is solid and is being heated with joule heating. I want to measure the temperature at the outer surface of outer rod.
Any ideas how to model this in star-ccm+ or in any cfd software? In software I can either model it as in contact or with some air gap. Don't know how to model both in same model.
Your suggestions are welcome.
Thank you
I am trying to model a diffusion process within a laminar flow. I want to plot Sherwood Number across my domain. What i try to do is expressing Sherwood Number as convective flux magnitude/diffusive flux magnitude all over the domain but the results seem to be wrong when compared to correlations. Can anyone suggest me another method to find Sherwood Number in COMSOL?
I am working on mixed convection in an enclosure with inlet and outlet openings with Lattice Boltzmann method "LBM". in some "Re" my results have a good agreement with the other works. But when For example "Re" is 500, my results is different with the reference article. my question is: what should I do for high "Re" ? should I increase my Lattice or reduce inlet velocity? I did these changes but it didn't change my results as good as should be.
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I am trying to simulate thrombus (clot) formation under blood flow, I have to solve the convective mass transfer to find the concentration of Red blood cells, by growing the clot the velocity profile will change. I am looking for a way to couple these equations to transfer data between them.