Numerical analysis of Al2O3/water nanofluids natural convection in a wavy walled cavity

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 403-419

  Abu Nada, Eiyad ^a,b   Oztop, Hakan F ^c,d  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINKMAN MODELS; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; FINITE VOLUME TECHNIQUE; GEOMETRY PARAMETER; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; NANO-FLUID; NANOFLUIDS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; STREAMFUNCTIONS; SURFACE WAVINESS; VELOCITY PROFILES; WATER NANOFLUIDS; WAVY CAVITY; WAVY WALL;

ALUMINUM; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUSSELT NUMBER;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 79952153971     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407782.2011.552363     Document Type: Article

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