简介：Lid-drivenmixedconvectionhasbeengivenimmenseimportanceduetoitswiderangeofapplications.AT-shapedcavityisintroducedandpertinentparameterscontrollingmixedconvectionphenomenonareanalyzedinthispaper.Water-Al2O3nanofluidisconsideredinsidethecavitytoaugmentheattransferrate.Galerkinweightedresidualmethodoffiniteelementanalysisisappliedforthenumericalsimulations.Numericalsolutionisobtainedfordifferentsolidvolumefractionsofnanofluid(?=0-0.15),Grashofnumbers(Gr=0.1?5000)andReynoldsnumbers(Re=0.31?1000)inlaminarflowregime.Specialattentionisgivenontheanalysisofflowatthepuremixedconvectionregime.ItisfoundthatGrashof,ReynoldsandRichardsonnumbersalongwithsolidvolumefractionofnanofluidhavesignificanteffectonheattransfercharacteristicsinsidethecavity.ResultsarepresentedusingstreamlineandisothermcontoursalongwithrelatedvariationofaverageNusseltnumbersoftheheatedwallandaveragefluidtemperatureinsidethecavity.