Flow mode-transition of natural convection in inclined rectangular enclosures subjected to bidirectional temperature gradients

Steady two-dimensional natural convection in air-filled, rectangular, inclined enclosures has been investigated numerically. Conservation of mass, momentum, and energy equations have been solved using finite volume approach employing a staggered grid arrangement. The physical covariant velocity components and temperature have been selected as the independent variables in the momentum and energy equations and the coupling between the continuity …