Nanofluids forced convection heat transfer inside circular tubes

International Journal of Nanoparticles

Volumn 2, Issue 1-6, 2009, Pages 164-172

  Ali, Mohamed ^a   Zeitoun, O ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Entrance region; Forced convection; Fully developed flow; Horizontal pipe; Nanofluids; Turbulent heat transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350599573     PISSN: 17532507     EISSN: 17532515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijnp.2009.028749     Document Type: Article

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