Mixed Convection Boundary Layer Flow from a Horizontal Circular Cylinder Embedded in a Porous Medium Filled with a Nanofluid

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 517-536

  Nazar, R ^a   Tham, L ^a   Pop, I ^b   Ingham, D B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Horizontal cylinder; Mixed convection; Nanofluid; Porous medium

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY-LAYER SEPARATION; FINITE-DIFFERENCE SCHEME; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; GOVERNING PARAMETERS; HORIZONTAL CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; HORIZONTAL CYLINDERS; MIXED CONVECTION BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; NANOFLUID; NONLINEAR PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROUS MEDIUM; SKIN FRICTION COEFFICIENT; STAGNATION POINTS; TIO;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; FRICTION; MIXED CONVECTION; NANOPARTICLES; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; SKIN FRICTION; TITRATION;

NANOFLUIDICS;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; CYLINDER; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; POROUS MEDIUM; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 79953175948     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-010-9637-1     Document Type: Article

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