supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.50636050,50876067);the Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project (Grant No.05EZ18);the Youth Science and Technology Foundation of Jilin Institute of Architectural and Civil Engineering (Grant No.J20091091)
Natural convection of air is numerically simulated in a 3-dimensional rectangular cavity heated from below using SIMPLE algorithm with a QUICK scheme.The results suggest that when all lateral walls are adiabatic,the f...