Effect of nanoconvection due to Brownian motion on thermal conductivity of nanofluids

Proceedings of the 7th IASME / WSEAS International Conference on Heat Transfer, Thermal Engineering and Environment, HTE '09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 53-56

  Azizian, M Reza ^a   Aybar, Hikmet Ş ^a   Okutucu, Tuba ^b  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brownian motion; Heat transfer; Nanoconvection; Nanofluids; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOTION; COMPOSITE SYSTEMS; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; COOLING RATES; HEAT DIFFUSIONS; HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; INDIRECT EFFECTS; NANO-FLUID; NANOCONVECTION; NANOFLUIDS;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; DIFFUSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FLUIDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; NANOPARTICLES; STRUCTURAL PANELS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; THERMOANALYSIS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 74949115379     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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