TY - JOUR TI - Effect of the inlet opening on mixed convection inside a 3-D ventilated cavity AU - Doghmi Hicham AU - Abourida Btissam AU - Belarche Lahoucin AU - Sannad Mohamed AU - Ouzaouit Meriem JN - Thermal Science PY - 2018 VL - 22 IS - 6 SP - 2413 EP - 2424 PT - Article AB - Mixed convection heat transfer in a three-dimensional ventilated cavity is studied numerically using finite volume method. The results are presented in terms of streamlines, temperature distribution, velocity fields, and average Nusselt number for different combinations of thermal and geometrical controlling parameters, namely, Reynolds number Re=100, Richardson number (0.01≤ Ri ≤ 10), relative height of the openings (B = h/L = 1/8) and relative width (0.5 ≤ A=w/L ≤ 1). The obtained results show that the flow intensity and the heat transfer rate can be significantly improved by an optimal choice of the mentioned parameters