Constructal design of particle volume fraction in nanofluids

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Bai, Chao ^a   Wang, Liqiu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Constructal theory; Effective thermal conductivity; Nanofluids; Overall thermal resistance; Volume fraction distribution

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTAL THEORY; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; NANOFLUIDS; OVERALL THERMAL RESISTANCE; VOLUME FRACTION DISTRIBUTION;

HEAT RESISTANCE; NANOFLUIDICS; SPHERES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; TITRATION; VOLUME FRACTION;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 77955234404     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3155002     Document Type: Article

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