FEM Analysis of the Pendulum Characteristic of Nature Convection in Dimensional Enclosure

Abstract:

In this paper, the pendulum characteristic of nature convection gas in dimensional enclosure is analyzed by FEM. Using ANSYS-FLOTRAN CFD program, the stream field and the temperature field caused by the point heat source, when the two-dimensional enclosure is inclined, has been obtained by a series of procedure, such as model building, meshing, loads applying and equation solving. The results are as follow: (1)Under the buoyancy lift affecting, the direction of nature convection gas always keeps the vertical upward in two-dimensional enclosure, nature convection gas has the pendulum characteristic. (2)When the dimensional enclosure is inclined, temperature distribution at the several points in dimensional enclosure will change with the tilt angle. The pendulum characteristic can be utilized to measure the tilt angle by the gas pendulum tilt sensor.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 505)
• Pages: 195-198
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.505.195
• Online since: April 2012
• Authors: Quan Gang Yu, Lin Hua Piao, Xing Wang
• Keywords: Finite Element Method (FEM), Gas Pendulum, Nature Convection, Stream Field, Temperature Field

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