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The finite element analysis of convection heat transfer
This thesis reviews the development and current methods of numerical convection heat transfer from available literature, encompassing an analysis of the various finite element formulations available for investigating convection. It further describes the finite element formulation for the primitive v...
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| author | Burness, Bruce Peter |
| author2 | Pearce, H T |
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| description | This thesis reviews the development and current methods of numerical convection heat transfer from available literature, encompassing an analysis of the various finite element formulations available for investigating convection. It further describes the finite element formulation for the primitive variable convection heat transfer equations via a Galerkin weighted residual scheme and using mixed interpolation, and it demonstrates the capability of this method by means of five practical examples, namely natural convection in a thermally driven square cavity, a thermally driven vertical slot, a thermally driven triangular cavity, and a liquid convective diode, and forced convection in a cooling pond. This study also provides the background and framework for the problem of transient convection heat transfer, and for further steady-state studies using parameters outside those considered herein. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/22518 The finite element analysis of convection heat transfer Burness, Bruce Peter Pearce, H T Heat - Convection Heat - Transmission Finite element method Mechanical Engineering This thesis reviews the development and current methods of numerical convection heat transfer from available literature, encompassing an analysis of the various finite element formulations available for investigating convection. It further describes the finite element formulation for the primitive variable convection heat transfer equations via a Galerkin weighted residual scheme and using mixed interpolation, and it demonstrates the capability of this method by means of five practical examples, namely natural convection in a thermally driven square cavity, a thermally driven vertical slot, a thermally driven triangular cavity, and a liquid convective diode, and forced convection in a cooling pond. This study also provides the background and framework for the problem of transient convection heat transfer, and for further steady-state studies using parameters outside those considered herein. 2016-11-14T06:54:58Z 2016-11-14T06:54:58Z 1988 Master Thesis Masters MSc (Eng) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22518 eng application/pdf Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Heat - Convection Heat - Transmission Finite element method Mechanical Engineering Burness, Bruce Peter The finite element analysis of convection heat transfer |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | The finite element analysis of convection heat transfer |
| title_full | The finite element analysis of convection heat transfer |
| title_fullStr | The finite element analysis of convection heat transfer |
| title_full_unstemmed | The finite element analysis of convection heat transfer |
| title_short | The finite element analysis of convection heat transfer |
| title_sort | finite element analysis of convection heat transfer |
| topic | Heat - Convection Heat - Transmission Finite element method Mechanical Engineering |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22518 |
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