Nanofluid bioconvection: Interaction of microorganisms oxytactic upswimming, nanoparticle distribution, and heating/cooling from below

Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 291-310

  Kuznetso, A V ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownian motion; Horizontal layer; Nanofluid bioconvection; Natural convection; Oxytactic microorganisms; Thermophoresis

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVECTION; EIGENVALUE PROBLEM; FINITE DEPTH; HORIZONTAL LAYERS; LINEAR INSTABILITY ANALYSIS; LOWER BOUNDARY; NANO-FLUID; ONSET OF CONVECTION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; OXYTACTIC MICROORGANISMS; OXYTACTIC UPSWIMMING; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SLIP VELOCITY; STRESS FREE; UPPER BOUNDARY; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; GALERKIN METHODS; MICROORGANISMS; NANOPARTICLES; NATURAL CONVECTION; OXYGEN; THERMOPHORESIS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

BROWNIAN MOTION; COOLING; EIGENVALUE; HEATING; INSTABILITY; LINEARITY; MICROORGANISM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; THERMAL CONVECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84859725434     PISSN: 09354964     EISSN: 14322250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00162-011-0230-1     Document Type: Article

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