A numerical investigation of nanofluids forced convection flow in a horizontal smooth tube

2010 14th International Heat Transfer Conference, IHTC 14

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages 575-584

  Demir, Hakan ^a   Dalkiliç, Ahmet Selim ^a   Kürekci, Nuri Alpay ^a   Keleşoǧlu, Bülent ^a   Wongwises, Somchai ^b  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT WALL TEMPERATURE; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HORIZONTAL SMOOTH TUBES; NANO-FLUID; NANOFLUID FLOW; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PARTICLE VOLUME CONCENTRATIONS; SINGLE-PHASE MODEL; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT PROPERTIES; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; TURBULENT FORCED CONVECTION; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NANOPARTICLES; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84860540578     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IHTC14-22183     Document Type: Conference Paper

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