Laminar mixed convection in inclined triangular enclosures filled with water based cu nanofluid

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 4090-4100

  Rahman, M M ^a,b   Öztop, Hakan F ^c   Ahsan, A ^e   Saidur, R ^a   Al Salem, Khaled ^d   Rahim, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^c FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE SURFACE; CONSTANT SPEED; GALERKIN FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; HEATED SURFACES; INCLINED SURFACE; MAXIMUM HEAT TRANSFER; NANO-FLUID; OPTIMUM VALUE; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SOLID VOLUME FRACTION; THERMAL FIELD; TILT ANGLE; TRIANGULAR ENCLOSURE; VERTICAL WALL; WATER BASED;

ENCLOSURES; MIXED CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; SPECIFIC HEAT; VOLUME FRACTION;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84858330477     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie201235p     Document Type: Article

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