Module 5: Solution of Navier-Stokes Equations for Incompressible Flows Using SIMPLE and MAC Algorithms
  Lecture 36:
 

Solutions of Energy Equation

The energy for incompressible flows, neglecting mechanical work and gas radiation, may be written as

(36.1)

where is the viscous dissipation given as

Equation (36.1) mar be non-dimensionalzed in the following way:

Substituting the above variables in equation (36.1) we obtain

(36.2)

 

where is the nondimensional form of . Finally, the normalized energy equation becomes

(36.3)

where the Peclet number is given as

or

Further, Ec, the Eckert number is