Fully developed mixed convection in a vertical channel filled by a nanofluid

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 134, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Grosan, T ^a   Pop, I ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Buongiorno model; fully developed flow; nanofluid; vertical channel

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; BROWNIAN DIFFUSION; FULLY DEVELOPED FLOW; MIXED CONVECTION FLOW; NANO-FLUID; NANOPARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; SHERWOOD NUMBERS; VERTICAL CHANNELS; VERTICAL PARALLEL PLATES;

MIXED CONVECTION;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84862220735     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4006159     Document Type: Article

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