Heat transfer enhancement of laminar nanofluids flow in a triangular duct using vortex generator

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 398-415

  Ahmed, H E ^a   Mohammed, H A ^b   Yusoff, M Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANBAR   (Iraq)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Universiti Tenaga Nasional   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Laminar flow; Nanofluids; Triangular duct; Two dimensional; Vortex generator

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT SURFACE TEMPERATURES; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HEATED WALL; NANOFLUIDS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; THERMAL CONDITION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL LAMINAR FLOW; VORTEX GENERATORS;

DUCTS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LAMINAR FLOW; NANOPARTICLES; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84863227117     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: 10963677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spmi.2012.05.023     Document Type: Article

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