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= ∂v z
T
v r
0 at r =
z
r =
r =
0
,
0
L
,
(7)
T
v n = v t
0 at r =
z /ʻ),
z
=
n =
R
+
a cos
(
2
ˀ
0
L
,
(8)
where
indicates dimensional variables, r and z are the radial and axial coordinates,
v r and
v z are the radial and axial components of velocity, respectively,
ˁ
is the density,
P is the modified pressure accounting for the hydrostatic effect,
ʽ
is viscosity, g is
ʲ
ʱ
the acceleration of gravity,
is the thermal expansion coefficient,
is the thermal
diffusivity, T m = (
T 1 +
T 2 )/
v n and
v t ar e the norma l a n d
2 is the mean temperature,
tangen ti al ve lo city components to the wavy sidewall, i.e.
v n = v ·
n and
v t
= v ·
t ,
where n and t are normal and tangential unit vectors to the wavy wall.
A scale analysis suggests the following dimensionless variables:
z /
r /
R 2
v z
v r ;
z
=
L
;
r
=
R
; v z =
L
; v r
=
R
(9)
T
ʵ =
R
/
L
; ʛ = ʻ/
L
; ʸ = (
T m )/(
T H
T m ) ;
where
is the dimensionless
temperature, and T H is the higher temperature between T 1 and T 2 .
The explicit dependence of momentum equations on pressure is dropped and the
dimensionless stream function
ʵ
is the aspect ratio,
ʛ
is the dimensionless wavelength,
ʸ
) = ˈ
ˈ(
r
,
z
L is introduced as
∂ˈ
r =
r
v z ,
(10)
∂ˈ
z =−
r
v r .
(11)
The resulting motion equation is
4
3
2
4
3
A
ˈ
+ B
ˈ
+ C
ˈ
+ D ∂ˈ
ˈ
z 2 + F
ˈ
r + E
(12)
r 4
r 3
r 2
r 2
z 2
r
3
2
2
3
4
+ G
ˈ
z + H
ˈ
ˈ
z 2 + J
ˈ
+ K
ˈ
= L ∂ʸ
z + I
r ,
r 2
z 3
z 4
r
and the energy equation is as follows
2
2
N ∂ʸ
z + O ∂ʸ
r + P
ʸ
+ Q
ʸ
=
0
,
(13)
r 2
z 2
where coefficients
are given in Table 1 of the Appendix. The Rayleigh and
Prandtl numbers are defined as Ra
A
-
Q
L 3
=
g
ʲ(
T H
T m )
/ʽʱ
and Pr
= ʽ/ʱ
, respec-
tively.
An analytical coordinate transformation was used to obtain a coordinate frame for
computation in which the irregular domain fits into a square. The new dependent and
 
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