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The structures wakes behind a square cylinder in a laminar channel flow is conducted numerically. The Strouhal number, drag and lift coefficients were studied in a periodic flow for different blockage ratios b ¼ 1=4; 1=6 and 1=8 at Reynolds number ranging from 62 to 300. The governing equations are solved by using control volume finite element method (CVFEM) adapted to the staggered grid. The SIMPLER algorithm is used for the velocitypressure coupling. The critical Reynolds numbers corresponding to the onset of vortex shedding and its change from simple periodic to complex periodic motion are established. A discussion about the effect of the blockage ratio on the Strouhal number, the time-averaged drag coefficient and the amplitude of the lift coefficient is also presented.

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This paper reports the numerical determination of the entropy generation due to heat transfer, mass transfer and fluid friction in steady state for laminar double diffusive convection, in an inclined enclosure with heat and mass diffusive walls, by solving numerically the mass, momentum, species conservation and energy balance equations, using a Control Volume FiniteElement Method. The influences of the inclination angle, the thermal Grashof number and the buoyancy ratio on total entropy generation were investigated. The irreversibilities localization due to heat transfer, mass transfer and fluid friction is discussed for three inclination angles at a fixed thermal Grashof number.