Three-dimensional natural convection in a high-pressure mercury discharge lamp

✍ Scribed by W. Shyy; J.T. Dakin

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 451 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0735-1933
• DOI: 10.1016/0735-1933(88)90006-1

✦ Synopsis

A three-dimensional computer model is used to calculate the convective flow in a 400 W high-pressure Hg discharge lamp. The model gives the expected axisymmetric flow when the are tube axis is vertical, and more complex threedimensional flows when it is not.