The Cheng-Minkowycz problem for natural convective boundary-layer flow in a porous medium saturated by a nanofluid

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 25-26, 2009, Pages 5792-5795

  Nield, D A ^a   Kuznetsov, A V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheng Minkowycz problem; Nanofluid; Natural convection; Porous medium; Similarity solution

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; NANOFLUIDICS; NATURAL CONVECTION; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMOPHORESIS;

BUOYANCY RATIO; CHENG-MINKOWYCZ PROBLEM; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; LEWIS NUMBERS; NANOFLUIDS; POROUS MEDIUM; SIMILARITY SOLUTION; VERTICAL PLATE;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

EID: 77649338479     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.07.024     Document Type: Article

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