An experimental investigation of turbulent thermal convection in water-based alumina nanofluid

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Ni, Rui ^a   Zhou, Sheng Qi ^a,b   Xia, Ke Qing ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW VELOCITY; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NANOPARTICLES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; HEAT TRANSFER AND FLOWS; NANOPARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; SINGLE PHASE FLUIDS; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT THERMAL CONVECTION;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 79952088299     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3553281     Document Type: Article

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