Numerical simulation of free convection based on experimental measured conductivity in a square cavity using Water/SiO2 nanofluid

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 687-694

  Jahanshahi, M ^a   Hosseinizadeh, S F ^a   Alipanah, M ^a   Dehghani, A ^b   Vakilinejad, G R ^b  

^a BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Experimental; Free convection; Heat transfer; Nanofluid; Square cavity

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FREE CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER; FREE CONVECTIONS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; NANO-FLUID; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SIDE WALLS; SQUARE CAVITY; THEORETICAL FORMULATION; VOLUMETRIC FRACTIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 77953539926     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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