Double-diffusive natural convective boundary layer flow in a porous medium saturated with a nanofluid over a vertical plate: Prescribed surface heat, solute and nanoparticle fluxes

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2154-2160

  Khan, W A ^a   Aziz, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary base fluid; Brownian motion; Nanofluid; Prescribed surface heat, solute and nanoparticle concentration fluxes; Thermophoresis; Vertical plate

Indexed keywords

BINARY BASE FLUID; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; DARCY MODEL; DOUBLE-DIFFUSIVE NATURAL CONVECTION; EIGHT DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; ENHANCED CONVECTION; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; NANOFLUID; NANOPARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; POROUS MEDIUM; POWER LAW; POWER-LAW FUNCTIONS; PRESCRIBED SURFACE HEAT, SOLUTE AND NANOPARTICLE CONCENTRATION FLUXES; PRIMARY MECHANISM; SHERWOOD NUMBERS; SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS; SURFACE FLUX; TRANSPORT EQUATION; VERTICAL PLATE; VERTICAL SURFACE;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; MASS TRANSFER; NANOPARTICLES; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMOPHORESIS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 80051865289     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2011.05.022     Document Type: Article

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