Numerical computations for convective MHD flow of viscous fluid inside the hexagonal cavity having sinusoidal heated walls

Abstract

This analysis deals the steady and the incompressible MHD fluid flow by sinusoidal walls of a hexagonal cavity with a cylindrical obstacle at the center. Finite element method (FEM), a numerical modeling method is used to examine the heat transfer and fluid flow controlled by the energy equation, the continuity equation and Navier-Stokes equations, which are converted to dimensionless form through suitable parameterization, which are tackled by finite element method. The temperature distribution and velocity fields are displayed for various parameters which are Richardson number, Hartmann number, Reynolds number, velocities’ amplitudes ratio, temperatures’ amplitudes ratio and phase deviation. This graphical study shows good convergent results of temperature and velocity for variation of involved parameters. At the end, the significant effects of the heat transfer rate are discussed in terms of the Nusselt number.

Keywords

• FEM
• Heat transfer
• Viscous fluid
• Cavity
• Sinusoidal walls