Numerical investigation of laminar forced convection of nanofluids through circular pipes

Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 335-350

  Raisee, Mehrdad ^a   Moghaddami, Mostafa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brownian motion; Convective heat transfer; Laminar flow; Nanofluids; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUXES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; MIXED CONVECTION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PIPE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMOANALYSIS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BROWNIAN MOTION; BROWNIAN MOTIONS; CIRCULAR PIPES; CONSTANT WALL TEMPERATURE; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINITE VOLUME CODES; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENTS; LAMINAR FLOW; LAMINAR FORCED CONVECTIONS; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; NANOFLUIDS; NUMERICA L RESULTS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PRESSURE FIELDS; QUICK SCHEME; REYNOLDS; SIMPLE ALGORITHMS; UNIFORM WALL HEAT FLUX; WATER FLOW;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 52949127042     PISSN: 10655131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JEnhHeatTransf.v15.i4.60     Document Type: Article

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