Numerical Studies on Natural Convection Heat Losses from Open Cubical Cavities

Table 1

Comparison of the Nusselt number values obtained from the present simulation and those reported by Hinojosa et al. [5] for Ra_𝐻=1×10⁶ at different inclinations.

Inclination	Nusselt number from present simulation	Nusselt number from Hinojosa et al. [5]	Variation (%)
0°	15.74	14.33	9.83
30°	9.88	9.55	3.45
45°	4.17	4.32	3.47
60°	1.82	1.86	2.15
90°	1.39	1.45	4.13