Abstract
In the authors' previous report, the numerical results on natural convection from a downward-facing isothermal plate were compared with the experiments by Aihara et al. The numerical analysis using a CFD code showed a good agreement with the actual flow and thermal fields obtained in the experiments. However, the analysis was limited to the fluid flow and heat transfer from a downward-facing surface of the isothermal plate as no information has given on the flow and thermal fields from the upward-facing and lateral surfaces of the plate in the Aihara et al.'s experiment. In this report, the flow and thermal fields on the entire surfaces of the horizontal isothermal thin plate are numerically simulated using the same CFD code and the numerical results are presented.
