Hydrodynamic and thermal behaviours of a nanofluid in a uniformly heated tube

Computational Studies

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 453-462

  Maiga S E B ^a   Nguyen, C T ^a   Galanis, N ^b   Roy, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Heat transfer augmentation; Heat transfer enhancement; Laminar flow; Nanofluid; Nanoparticles; Numerical simulation; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHYLENE; GLYCOLS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TURBULENT FLOW;

HEAT TRANSFER AUGMENTATION; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; NANOFLUIDS; THERMAL BEHAVIOR;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 4644370990     PISSN: 14626063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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