TITLE:
Finite Element Analysis of Magnetohydrodynamic Natural Convection within Semi-Circular Top Enclosure with Triangular Obstacles
AUTHORS:
Arju Ara Runa, Md. Abdul Alim, Md. Shahidul Alam, Kazi Humayun Kabir
KEYWORDS:
Natural Convection, Finite Element Method, Hartmann Number, Rayleigh Number, Triangular Obstacle, Numerical Solution
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Computational Mathematics,
Vol.12 No.1,
March
10,
2022
ABSTRACT: The phenomena of magneto-hydrodynamic natural convection
in a two-dimensional semicircular top enclosure
with triangular obstacle in the rectangular cavity were studied numerically. The governing differential equations are solved by using the most important method which is finite element method
(weighted-residual method). The top wall is placed at cold Tc and bottom wall is heated Th. Here the sidewalls of the cavity assumed adiabatic.
Also all the wall are occupied to be no-slip condition. A heated triangular
obstacle is located at the center of the cavity. The study accomplished for Prandtl number Pr = 0.71; the Rayleigh number Ra = 103, 105, 5 × 105, 106 and for Hartmann number Ha = 0, 20, 50, 100. The results represent the streamlines, isotherms, velocity and
temperature fields as well as local Nusselt number.