Lattice Boltzmann simulation of alumina-water nanofluid in a square cavity

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  He, Yurong ^a   Qi, Cong ^a   Hu, Yanwei ^a   Qin, Bin ^a   Li, Fengchen ^a   Ding, Yulong ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; NATURAL CONVECTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION;

ALUMINA-WATER NANOFLUID; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; LATTICE BOLTZMANN MODELS; LATTICE BOLTZMANN SIMULATIONS; NANOPARTICLE VOLUME FRACTIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; WATER NANOFLUIDS; NANO-FLUID; SQUARE CAVITY;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84255190002     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-184     Document Type: Article

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