Laminar natural convection in an air-filled square cavity with partitions on the top wall

The laminar natural convection in an air-filled square cavity with a partition on the top 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 GrH of approximately 1.3×108) and non-dimensional top wall temperatures θT of 0.56 (insulated) to 2.3. Experiments were performed with an aluminum partition with …