Natuml convection in an inclined enclosure with a c e n d y located, complete partition has been investigated by a finitedifference procedure. The thermal conditions along the partihon are not known beforehand; rather, they are an outcome of the coupling of the nahrrcrl convection systems on either side of the enclosure partition. To resolve this coupling, a consecutive calculation procedure is used in which the natural convection on either side of the enclosure is successively solved (until convergence) with information exchange in each cycle ofvolu!ion. Results have been obtained for enclosures wirh overall aspect ratios of 1 and 2 for Rayleigh numbers up to 10' and for incliMtion angles of 30, 45, 60, and 90 degrees. Results indicate that the strength of the convective motion and the average Nusselt number are both considembly reduced owing to the presence of the portition. The portr'tion temperature increases monotonically along its length. For a vedical enclosure, the nonuniform@ in the p d o n temperature increases with Rayleigh number, while for an inclined enclosure (8 = 4S0), the ovemll nonuniformily in the partition temperature is not signifcantly influenced by the Rayleigh number. The Nusselt number along the hot (cold) surface attains its maximum value in the neighborhood of the locakion where the cooled (heated) fluid from the portition meets the surface. Along the p d o n the maximum Nusselt number is obtained at the center of the partition when the enclosure is vem'cal. For an inclined enclosure, the maximum Nusselr number occurs at the panitian center only at low Rayleigh numbers. At high Rayhigh numbers the marimum is shifted toward the two corners of the pnrtirton.
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