Unsteady boundary-layer flow and heat transfer of a nanofluid over a permeable stretching/shrinking sheet

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 2102-2109

  Bachok, Norfifah ^a   Ishak, Anuar ^b   Pop, Ioan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Dual solutions; Nanofluid; Stretching shrinking sheet; Unsteady boundary layer

Indexed keywords

DUAL SOLUTIONS; GOVERNING PARAMETERS; LEWIS NUMBERS; LOCAL NUSSELT NUMBER; NANOFLUID; SHERWOOD NUMBERS; SIMILARITY TRANSFORMATION; SKIN FRICTION COEFFICIENT; SUCTION PARAMETER; UNSTEADY BOUNDARY LAYER;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; FRICTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84856388565     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.12.013     Document Type: Article

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