توحید ادیبی

: Heat exchangers are utilized extensively in different industries and technologies. Consequently, optimizing heat exchangers has been a major concern among researchers. Although various studies have been conducted to improve the heat transfer rate, the use of a wavy wall in the presence of different types of heat transfer mechanisms has not been investigated. This study thus investigates the mixed heat transmission behavior of fluid in a horizontal channel with a cavity and a hot, wavy wall. The fluid flow in the channel is considered laminar, and the governing equations including continuity, momentum, and energy are all solved numerically. The numerical solution is stabilized by using a first-order multi-dimensional characteristic-based scheme in combination with a fifth-order Runge-Kutta method. The flow and heat transfer effects of varying Richardson numbers, Reynolds numbers, wave amplitude, wavelength, channel height, and cavity width are examined. The results indicate that the mean Nusselt number increases with an increase in Reynolds number, wave amplitude, and cavity width, while it decreases with an increase in Richardson number, wavelength, and channel height. The mean Nusselt number is significantly influenced by channel height and cavity width. The influence of wave amplitude on the mean Nusselt number is twice that of wavelength.