A numerical study of the hydro-thermal behaviour of nanofluids in rectangular microchannels using a mixture model

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 225, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 791-798

  Aminfar, H ^a   Maroofiazar, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Convective heat transfer; Laminar flow; Mixture model; Nanofluid

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; DEVELOPING REGIONS; MIXTURE MODEL; NANO-FLUID; NANOFLUIDS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PURE WATER; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS; SINGLE-PHASE MODEL; SLIP VELOCITY;

HEAT CONVECTION; LAMINAR FLOW; MICROCHANNELS; MIXTURES;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 79955991556     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: 20412983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544062JMES2419     Document Type: Conference Paper

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