Study of nanofluid natural convection phenomena in rectangular enclosures

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 3-13

  Wong, Kau Fui V ^a   Bon, Bradley L ^a   Vu, Santina ^a   Samedi, Sing ^a  

^a University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; ENCLOSURES; FLOW VISUALIZATION; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ANOMALOUS DENSITIES; BUOYANCY INDUCED FLOW; COMSOL MULTIPHYSICS; CONVECTION PHENOMENA; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURES; ULTRASOUND THERMOMETRY;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 78349296780     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE200741156     Document Type: Conference Paper

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