Computer simulations of natural convection of single phase nanofluids in simple enclosures: A critical review

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-13

  Abouali, Omid ^a   Ahmadi, Goodarz ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Enclosure; Nanofluid; Natural convection; Numerical; Single phase; Theoretical

Indexed keywords

CLEAR FLUID; CRITICAL REVIEW; NANO-FLUID; NANOFLUIDS; NUMERICAL; NUSSELT NUMBER CORRELATION; SINGLE PHASE; THEORETICAL; THEORETICAL APPROACH; TRIANGULAR ENCLOSURE; VERTICAL ANNULUS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ENCLOSURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOFLUIDICS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84455194550     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.11.065     Document Type: Article

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