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Model ID: 195

Free Convection in a Water Glass

This model treats the free convection and heat transfer of a glass of cold water heated to room temperature. Initially, the glass and the water are at 5 °C and are then put on a table in a room at 25 °C.

The nonisothermal flow is coupled to heat transfer using the Heat Transfer module.

Streamlines of the velocity field at four output times. The buoyancy driven flow induces recirculation zones visualized by the streamlines in the figure.

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