Flow and heat transfer of a nanofluid over a nonlinearly stretching sheet: A numerical study

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 212-226

  Rana, P ^a   Bhargava, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Brownian motion; FDM; FEM; Nanofluid; Stretching sheet; Thermophoresis

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYER; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; NANOFLUIDICS; NUSSELT NUMBER; THERMOPHORESIS;

FINITE-DIFFERENCE METHODS; FLATTER SURFACES; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; FLUID-FLOW; NANOFLUIDS; NON LINEAR GOVERNING EQUATIONS; NON-LINEAR STRETCHING; NON-LINEARLY STRETCHING SHEETS; STRETCHING PARAMETERS; STRETCHING SHEET;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 79961030069     PISSN: 10075704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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