Adjlout, L.; Imine, O.; Azzi, A.; Belkadi, M. Laminar natural convection in an inclined cavity with a wavy wall. (English) Zbl 1006.76549 Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 45, No. 10, 2141-2152 (2002). Summary: In the present work, a numerical study of the effect of a hot wavy wall of a laminar natural convection in an inclined square cavity, differentially heated, was carried out. This problem is solved by using the partial differential equations, which are the vorticity transport, heat transfer and stream function in curvilinear co-ordinates. The tests were performed for different inclination angles, amplitudes and Rayleigh numbers while the Prandtl number was kept constant. Two geometrical configurations were used namely one and three undulations.The results obtained show that the hot wall undulation affects the flow and the heat transfer rate in the cavity. The mean Nusselt number decreases comparing with the square cavity. The trend of the local heat transfer is wavy. The frequency of the latter is different from the undulated wall frequency. Cited in 7 Documents MSC: 76R10 Free convection 76M20 Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics 80A20 Heat and mass transfer, heat flow (MSC2010) PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{L. Adjlout} et al., Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 45, No. 10, 2141--2152 (2002; Zbl 1006.76549) Full Text: DOI