Boundary layer flow over a moving surface in a nanofluid beneath a uniform free stream

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 828-846

  Rohni, Azizah Mohd ^a   Ahmad, Syakila ^b   Pop, Ioan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Flow; Heat transfer; Moving flat plate; Nanofluids; Numerical solution

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM OXIDE; CHEMICAL PRODUCTION; CRITICAL VALUE; FLAT PLATE; FLOW; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; FLOW BEHAVIOURS; HEAT EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE; KELLER-BOX METHOD; MODERN TECHNOLOGIES; MOVING FLAT PLATE; MOVING SURFACES; NANO-FLUID; NANOFLUIDS; NONLINEAR ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; POWER STATION; PROCESS EQUIPMENTS; RESEARCH LIMITATIONS; REVERSE FLOW; SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS; SIMILARITY TRANSFORMATION; SOLID VOLUME FRACTION; TITANIA; TURNING POINTS; UNIFORM FREE STREAM; WATER BASED;

ALUMINA; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); HEAT TRANSFER; MICROELECTRONICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 80053494531     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615531111162819     Document Type: Article

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