Buoyancy-driven heat transfer in nanofluid-filled trapezoidal enclosure with variable thermal conductivity and viscosity

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 867-882

  Roslan, R ^a   Saleh, H ^b   Hashim, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; NANOFLUIDS; ON FLOW; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; STREAM-VORTICITY; TEMPERATURE PATTERNS; TRANSPORT EQUATION; TRAPEZOIDAL ENCLOSURE; VARIABLE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ENCLOSURES; NANOFLUIDICS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 84857349016     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407782.2011.616778     Document Type: Article

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