Free Convection in a Water Glass
This model treats the free convection and heat transfer of a glass of cold water heated to room temperature. Initially, the glass and the water are at 5 °C and are then put on a table in a room at 25 °C.The nonisothermal flow is coupled to heat transfer using the Heat Transfer module.
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Streamlines of the velocity field at four output times. The buoyancy driven flow induces recirculation zones visualized by the streamlines in the figure. |
Engineering Fields
- Momentum Transfer & CFD
- Energy Transfer
Application Areas
- Heat Transfer
- Fluid Mechanics (CFD)
- Chemical Engineering