Laminar Natural Convection in a Square Cavity with a Partition on the Heated Vertical Wall

The laminar natural convection in an air-filled square cavity with a partition on the heated vertical wall was experimentally investigated. Temperature measurements and flow visualizations were performed for cases with heated and cooled vertical walls (corresponding to a global Grashof number Gr H of approximately 1.4 × 108) and non dimensional top wall temperatures θ T of 0.57 (insulated) to 2.3. Experiments were performed with an aluminum …