Numerical study of heat transfer enhancement in mixed convection flow along a vertical plate with heat source/sink utilizing nanofluids

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4318-4334

  Rana, P ^a   Bhargava, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; FEM; Mixed convection; Nanofluid; Vertical plate

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COPPER OXIDES; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYER; MIXED CONVECTION; NANOFLUIDICS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATIONS; HEAT SOURCE/SINK; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; MIXED CONVECTION FLOW; NANOFLUIDS; NON LINEAR GOVERNING EQUATIONS; SHAPED NANOPARTICLES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; VERTICAL PLATE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 79957912335     PISSN: 10075704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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