Computational analysis of nanofluid effects on convective heat transfer enhancement of micro-pin-fin heat sinks

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue , 2012, Pages 168-179

  Seyf, Hamid Reza ^a   Feizbakhshi, Morteza ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brownian motion; Euler number; Micro pin fin heat sinks; Nanofluid; Nusselt number

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; COOLANT FLUID; CUO NANOPARTICLES; ENERGY EQUATION; ENHANCEMENT OF HEAT TRANSFER; EULER NUMBERS; FINITE VOLUME APPROACH; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; MEAN DIAMETER; NANO-FLUID; NANOFLUIDS; NAVIER STOKES; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; PARTICLE VOLUME FRACTIONS; PURE WATER; SIMPLE ALGORITHM;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; HEAT SINKS; NANOPARTICLES; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VOLUME FRACTION;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84860784800     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2012.02.018     Document Type: Article

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