Research Article

Numerical Study of Entropy Generation due to Coupled Laminar and Turbulent Mixed Convection and Thermal Radiation in an Enclosure Filled with a Semitransparent Medium

Table 3

The effect of radiation on the average Nusselt number ( ).

Ra with radiation without radiation
Ri = 0.1Ri = 1Ri = 10Ri = 0.1Ri = 1Ri = 10

104 (Laminar Regime)0.7715140.7715090.7715060.6429280.6429250.642922
108 (Turbulent Regime)26.08782626.08397426.04522619.29572919.29288019.292760