Modeling of convective heat transfer of a nanofluid in the developing region of tube flow with computational fluid dynamics

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1291-1295

  Moraveji, Mostafa Keshavarz ^a   Darabi, Mehdi ^b   Haddad, Seyyed Mohammad Hossein ^b   Davarnejad, Reza ^a  

^a ARAK UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

CFD; Convective heat transfer; Developing region; Nanofluid; Single phase

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; AXIAL LOCATIONS; CONSTANT HEAT FLUX; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; DEVELOPING REGION; DEVELOPING REGIONS; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MAXIMUM ERROR; MODELING RESULTS; NANO-FLUID; NANOFLUID FLOW; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; SINGLE PHASE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NANOFLUIDICS; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 80053560057     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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