This paper deals with a numerical simulation of laminar forced convection heat transfer from a pair of identical circular cylinders placed at the center of square cavity in the line array, the cavity is ventilated with single inlet and outlet ports, the inlet port is located at the middle of left vertical wall and the outlet port is located at the middle of right vertical wall. The work represents the effects of the distance between cylinders and Reynolds number on fluid flow and heat transfer rate. The governing equations of continuity, momentum and energy are solved by using finite-volume method. The obtained results are represented and discussed for following conditions: Reynolds number Re = 1 to 40, Prandtl number Pr = 7.01 and the gap distance S = 0.3L to 0.7L, where L is the cavity length. The main results are potted under the streamline and isotherm contours, the total drag coefficient and average Nusselt number of each cylinder is plotted versus studied parameters. It is found that the increase in the gap space distance between cylinders increases the heat transfer rate.

This paper deals with numerical simulations of forced convection from a pair of identical cylinders arranged in tandem manner inside a square cavity of single inlet and outlet ports. The gap distance between the cylinders is fixed with half of square length. The main purpose of this study is to see the effect of inlet and outlet port positions on fluid flow and heat transfer rate. The governing equations of continuity, momentum and energy have been solved using finite-volume method in laminar, steady and two dimensional directions. The work has been done in the range of these conditions: Re = 1 to 40, at fixed Pr = 7.01. Three positions of inlet and outlet port have been selected. The mean results of flow patterns and distribution temperature are illustrated under the contours of streamline and isotherm respectively. The drag and lift coefficients of each cylinder is computed and discussed. The average Nusselt number of both cylinders is also presented and discussed. It was found that the inlet and outlet ports have significant effects on heat transfer from the confined cylinders.

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