Numerical investigation of heat transfer enhancement of nanofluids in an inclined lid-driven triangular enclosure

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1360-1367

  Rahman, M M ^a   Billah, M M ^b   Rahman, A T M M ^c   Kalam, M A ^d   Ahsan, A ^e  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b AHSANULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^c DHAKA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Lid driven triangular enclosure; Nanofluid; Penalty finite element method; Solid volume fraction

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER; ENERGY EQUATION; FLOW PROCESS; FLUID TEMPERATURES; GAIN INSIGHT; GALERKIN FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HOT SURFACE; ISOTHERM PLOTS; LINEAR MOMENTA; NANO-FLUID; NANOFLUIDS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PENALTY FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; RECIRCULATIONS; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SOLID VOLUME FRACTION; TRIANGULAR ENCLOSURE;

ENCLOSURES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDS; HEAT CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; VOLUME FRACTION;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 81055157559     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2011.08.011     Document Type: Article

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