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SOME EXAMPLES OF FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER PROBLEMS
(a) Stream traces, Re = 400 (b) Pressure contours, Re = 400 271
(c) Stream traces, Re = 1000 (d) Pressure contours, Re = 1000
Figure 9.6 Isothermal flow in a lid-driven cavity. Stream traces and pressure contours for
different Reynolds numbers
1 0.8 1
0.8
Vertical distance 0.6 Ghia et al. Vertical distance 0.6 Ghia et al.
CBS
CBS
0.4
0.4
0.2 0.2
0 0
−0.4 −0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 −0.4 −0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
Horizontal velocity Horizontal velocity
(a) Re = 400 (b) Re = 1000
Figure 9.7 Isothermal flow in a lid-driven cavity. Comparison of mid-vertical plane u 1
velocity profiles for different Reynolds numbers with Ghia et al. (Ghia et al. 1982)
