MHD free convection flow of a nanofluid past a vertical plate in the presence of heat generation or absorption effects

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 425-441

  Chamkha, A J ^a   Aly, A M ^b  

^a MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

^b SOUTH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Brownian motion; Heat generation absorption; MHD; Nanofluid; Natural convection; Suction injection; Thermophoresis

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER EQUATIONS; BROWNIAN MOTION; HEAT GENERATION OR ABSORPTION; HEAT GENERATION/ABSORPTION; INJECTION EFFECTS; LOCAL HEAT TRANSFER; LONGITUDINAL VELOCITY; MHD-FREE CONVECTION; NANO-FLUID; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PURE FLUIDS; SUCTION/INJECTION; VERTICAL PLATE; VOLUME FRACTION PROFILE;

ABSORPTION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NANOMAGNETICS; NANOPARTICLES; NATURAL CONVECTION; THERMOPHORESIS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 78649589505     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: 15635201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986445.2010.520232     Document Type: Article

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