Free- and mixed-convection flow past a horizontal surface in a nanofluid

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 375-382

  Arifin, Norihan M ^a   Nazar, Roslinda ^b   Pop, Ioan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MIXED CONVECTION; NANOPARTICLES; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VOLUME FRACTION;

FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFERS; LOCAL NUSSELT NUMBER; MIXED CONVECTION BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; MIXED CONVECTION FLOW; NANOPARTICLE VOLUME FRACTIONS; SOLID VOLUME FRACTION; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84862531978     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.T3645     Document Type: Article

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