Fig. 9 Comparison of heat flux between Experimental, Rohsenow's Correlation and Predictions from ANNs based on 22 samples More

Fig. 1 Schematic of the computational domain and boundary conditions More

Fig. 2 Profiles of temperature and velocity at y  =   0.5 with Ra   =   1.84 × 10 9 , Pr   =   100, s  =   0, and α  = 20 deg More

Fig. 3 Time series of temperature at the monitoring point ( x  =   0.00417, y  =   0.5) at Ra   =   1.84 × 10 9 , Pr   =   100, s  =   0, and α  = 20 deg More

Fig. 4 Steady-state boundary layer thickness compared against previous flow visualization experiment [ 38 ] at α  = 0 deg and τ  = 2.123: ( a ) shadowgraph image, ( b ) the present numerical isotherms, and ( c ) comparison of the two data clusters More

Fig. 5 Temperature profiles at different Pr, s , α , and y atRa   =   1.84 × 10 9 in the startup stage: ( a ) raw data and ( b )(1 +  θ f  +  θ w )/[ θ w ( y ) + 1] plotted against x / τ 1/2 More

Fig. 6 Time series of δ θ / δ θsy against τ 1/2 [(1 − 0.5 s  +   2 sy ) cos( α )] 1/4 y −1/4 /(1 + Pr −1/2 ) 1/2 at different Ra, Pr, s , α , and y More

Fig. 7 Velocity profiles at different Pr, s , α , and y with Ra   =   1.84 × 10 9 in the initial growth stage: ( a ) raw data, ( b ) v (1 + Pr −1/2 ) 2 / τ (1 − 0.5  s  +  sy )cos( α ) plot against x (1 + Pr −1/2 )/ τ 1/2 More

Fig. 8 Time series of v m / v msy against τ [(1 − 0.5 s  +   2 sy ) cos( α )] 1/2 y −1/2 /(1 + Pr −1/2 ) at different Ra, Pr, s , α , and y More

Fig. 9 Velocity profiles at different Pr, s , α , and y at Ra   =   1.84 × 10 9 in the steady stage: ( a ) raw data, ( b ) v (1 + Pr −1/2 ) (1 − 0.5 s  +   2 sy ) 1/2 y −1/2 cos −1/2 ( α )/(1 − 0.5 s  +  sy ) plotted against x (1 + Pr −1/2 ) 1/2 (1 − 0.5 s  +   2 sy ) 1/4 cos 1/4 ( α )/ y... More

Fig. 10 Ra −1/4 (1 + Pr −1/2 ) 1/2 y 1/4 cos −1/4 ( α )/(1 − 0.5 s  +   2 sy ) 1/4 plotted against the DNS-obtained δ sy in the steady stage More

Fig. 11 (1 + Pr −1/2 ) −1 (1 − 0.5 s  +  sy ) y 1/2 cos 1/2 ( α )/(1 − 0.5 s +  2sy ) 1/2 plotted against the DNS-obtained v msy in the steady stage More

Fig. 12 δ θ /δ θsy against a normalized time τ 1/2 (1 − 0.5 s  +   2 sy ) 1/4 y −1/4 cos 1/4 ( α )/(1 + Pr −1 ) 1/4 at different Ra, Pr, s , α , and y More

Fig. 13 Ra −1/4 (1 + Pr −1 ) 1/4 (1 − 0.5 s  +   2 sy ) −1/4 y 1/4 cos −1/4 ( α ) plotted against the DNS-obtained δ θsy More

Fig. 14 v / v msy against a normalized time τ (1 − 0.5  s  +   2 sy ) 1/2 y −1/2 cos 1/2 ( α )/(1 + Pr −1 ) 1/2 at different Ra, Pr, s , α , and y More

Fig. 15 DNS obtained v msy against (1 + Pr −1 ) −1/2 (1 − 0.5 s  +  sy ) y 1/2 cos 1/2 ( α )/(1 − 0.5 s  +   2 sy ) 1/2 More