Journal of Flow Visualization and Image Processing

ISSN for PRINT: 1065-3090

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2006, Volume13

Issue 3

115 pages

DOI: 10.1615/JFlowVisImageProc.v13.i3

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F. Xu
School of Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia

John C. Patterson
School of Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville QLD 4811, Australia

Chengwang Lei
School of Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville QLD 4811, Australia

The double layer structure of the thermal boundary layer in a side-heated cavity is investigated numerically and experimentally. Through comparing the flow visualizations with the numerical results, the mechanisms of the transition of the thermal boundary layer are discussed. The numerical results demonstrate that an upward thermal tongue leads to the double layer structure of the thermal boundary layer in the quasi-steady stage, which is observed in shadowgraph images.

DOI: 10.1615/JFlowVisImageProc.v13.i3.50 Download article, 287-297 pages

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