DRBEM solution of natural convection flow of nanofluids with a heat source

Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 727-737

  Gumgum S ^a,b   Tezer Sezgin, M ^b  

^a IZMIR UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

DRBEM; Heat flux; Nanofluids; Natural convection

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; NANOFLUIDICS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; SAILING VESSELS; VOLUME FRACTION; VORTICITY;

DRBEM; DUAL RECIPROCITY BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; NANOFLUIDS; NATURAL CONVECTION FLOW; NATURAL CONVECTIVE FLOW; STREAM FUNCTION EQUATIONS; TAYLOR SERIES EXPANSIONS; VORTICITY BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 77950496174     PISSN: 09557997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enganabound.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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