Lattice Boltzmann simulation of natural convection heat transfer of Al 2O3/water nanofluids in a square enclosure

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1930-1941

  Lai, Feng Hsiang ^a   Yang, Yue Tzu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; LBM; Nanofluids; Natural convection; Square enclosure

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC VISCOSITIES; FIXED TEMPERATURE; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; LATTICE BOLTZMANN SIMULATIONS; LATTICE-BOLTZMANN METHOD; LBM; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; NANO-FLUID; NANOFLUIDS; PARTICLE VOLUME CONCENTRATIONS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SQUARE ENCLOSURES;

ENCLOSURES; MODELS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 79960467873     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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