Visualization of Buoyancy-Driven Exchange Flow in an Enclosure by Numerical Simulation

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the phenomena buoyancy-driven exchange flow in an enclosure. A three-dimensional computer code using the Boundary-Fitted Coordinates method was applied to realistic simulation of curved boundary shape. The computed results were visualized by a graphic work station. Unsteady and asymmetric flow patterns such as observed in the experiments were obtained.