Mixed convection boundary layer flow from a vertical flat plate embedded in a porous medium filled with nanofluids

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 987-991

  Ahmad, Syakila ^a   Pop, Ioan ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Mixed convection; Nanofluids; Porous medium; Vertical flat plate

Indexed keywords

FRACTION PARAMETERS; MIXED CONVECTION BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; NANO-FLUID; NANOFLUIDS; POROUS MEDIUM; TIO; VERTICAL FLAT PLATES;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MIXED CONVECTION; NANOPARTICLES; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; POROUS PLATES; TITANIUM; TITRATION;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 77956057930     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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