Numerical study of transient buoyancy-driven convective heat transfer of water-based nanofluids in a bottom-heated isosceles triangular enclosure

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 54, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 526-532

  Yu, Zi Tao ^a   Xu, Xu ^b   Hu, Ya Cai ^a   Fan, Li Wu ^c   Cen, Ke Fa ^d  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brownian motion; Buoyancy driven convection; Nanofluids; Pitchfork bifurcation; Transient heat transfer; Triangular enclosure

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOTION; BUOYANCY-DRIVEN CONVECTION; NANOFLUIDS; PITCHFORK BIFURCATIONS; TRANSIENT HEAT TRANSFER; TRIANGULAR ENCLOSURE;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; BUOYANCY; ENCLOSURES; GRASHOF NUMBER; HEAT CONVECTION; NANOPARTICLES; NUSSELT NUMBER; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 78449296656     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.09.017     Document Type: Article

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