Buoyancy-driven heat transfer enhancement in a two-dimensional enclosure utilizing nanofluids

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 46, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 3639-3653

  Khanafer, Khalil ^a,b   Vafai, Kambiz ^a   Lightstone, Marilyn ^b  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DISPERSIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; NUSSELT NUMBER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

NANOFLUIDS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

BUOYANCY; FINITE VOLUME TECHNIQUE; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; NANOPARTICLE; NUSSELT NUMBER; PARTICLE DISPERSION;

EID: 0042342405     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(03)00156-X     Document Type: Article

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