Modeling of conjugated heat transfer in a thick walled enclosure filled with nanofluid

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-127

  Mahmoudi, Amir Houshang ^a,b   Shahi, Mina ^a,c   Raouf, Abbas Honarbakhsh ^a  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b R and D Department of Oghab Afshan Company   (Iran)

^c R and D department of Semnan Water and Waste Water Company   (Iran)

Author keywords

Conductive convective heat transfer; Divider; Enclosure; Heat source; Nanofluid; Numerical study

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; DIVIDER; HEAT SOURCES; NANO-FLUID; NUMERICAL STUDIES;

ENCLOSURES; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; TITRATION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 78650265703     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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