A note on the solution of conjugate heat transfer problems using SIMPLE-like algorithms

✍ Scribed by Xi Chen; Peng Han

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 142 KB
• Volume: 21
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0142-727X
• DOI: 10.1016/s0142-727x(00)00028-x

✦ Synopsis

Conjugate conduction and convection heat transfer problems are often solved numerically in a unitary computational domain containing both the solid and ¯uid regions. When SIMPLE-like algorithms are employed in the computation, one has to pay close attention to the peculiarity of the energy equation or to the problem how to ensure the continuity of heat ¯ux at the ¯uid±solid interface. For this reason, two approaches, i.e., the Ôpseudo-densityÕ method and the Ôpseudo-solid-speci®c-heatÕ method, are suggested, respectively, for the solution of the energy equation, and typical computed results are presented.