An analytical study of the early stages of unsteady free convective flow from a differentially heated rotating sphere at large Grashof numbers

• Published in: International journal of computational methods and experimental measurements Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 57 - 67
• Main Author: D’Alessio, S.J.D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Southampton W I T Press 01.07.2018
• Subjects: Asymptotic methods; Asymptotic series; Computational fluid dynamics; Convective flow; Fluid flow; Grashof number; Heat flux; Heat transfer coefficients; Incompressible flow; Incompressible fluids; Order parameters; Parameter identification; Rotating spheres; Rotation; Stream functions (fluids); Surface temperature; Temperature; Vorticity

This research investigates the unsteady free convective flow of a viscous incompressible fluid from a differentially heated rotating sphere. The flow is assumed to remain laminar and to possess equatorial and azimuthal symmetry. The governing Navier-Stokes and energy equations are posed in terms of...