Analysis of nanofluid heat transfer in parallel-plate vertical channels partially filled with porous medium

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 103-113

  Hajipour, Mastaneh ^a   Molaei Dehkordi, Asghar ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Mixed convection; Nanofluid; Perturbation method; Porous media; Viscous dissipation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CONSTANT WALL TEMPERATURE; DARCY MODEL; FLUID VELOCITIES; INTERFACIAL COUPLINGS; NANO-FLUID; NANOFLUIDS; PARALLEL PLATES; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PERTURBATION METHOD; POROUS MEDIUM; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; VERTICAL CHANNELS; VISCOUS DISSIPATION; VISCOUS HEATING;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; FLOW PATTERNS; FORCED CONVECTION; MIXED CONVECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS; VISCOUS FLOW;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84857791773     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2011.12.018     Document Type: Article

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