Investigation of the gravity effects on the mixed convection heat transfer in a microchannel using lattice Boltzmann method

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 142-152

  Karimipour, Arash ^a   Hossein Nezhad, Alireza ^a   D'Orazio, Annunziata ^b   Shirani, Ebrahim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SISTAN AND BALUCHESTAN   (Iran)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gravity; Lattice Boltzmann method; Microchannel; Mixed convection

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY FORCES; COLD FLUID; CROSS SECTION; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; GRAVITY EFFECTS; HOT WALL; HYDRODYNAMIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; KNUDSEN NUMBERS; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; LONGITUDINAL VARIATIONS; MICROCHANNEL FLOW; SLIP VELOCITY; STREAM LINES; TEMPERATURE JUMP; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

BUOYANCY; FRICTION; GRAVITATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXED CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 84856338825     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2011.11.015     Document Type: Article

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