Buoyancy induced flow in a nanofluid filled enclosure partially exposed to forced convection

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 381-395

  Abu Nada, Eiyad ^a   Oztop, Hakan F ^b   Pop, Ioan ^c  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Nanofluid; Natural convection; Partially exposed enclosure

Indexed keywords

BIOT NUMBER; BUOYANCY INDUCED FLOW; CONTOUR MAP; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HEATED WALL; HORIZONTAL WALLS; NANO-FLUID; NUMERICAL STUDIES; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SQUARE CROSS-SECTION; TOP SURFACE;

ENCLOSURES; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXED CONVECTION; NATURAL CONVECTION;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84857367845     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: 10963677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spmi.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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