Buoyancy-assisted mixed convective flow over backward-facing step in a vertical duct using nanofluids

Thermophysics and Aeromechanics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-52

  Mohammed, H A ^a   Al aswadi, A A ^b   Yusoff, M Z ^b   Saidur, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Universiti Tenaga Nasional   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

backward facing step; buoyancy assisted flow; mixed convection; nanofluids

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BUOYANCY; COPPER OXIDES; DUCTS; FACINGS; MIXED CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SILICA; SIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BACKWARD FACING STEP; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; FINITE VOLUME TECHNIQUE; HIGHER PRANDTL NUMBER; MIXED CONVECTIVE FLOW; NANOFLUIDS; RECIRCULATION REGIONS; UNIFORM WALL TEMPERATURES;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84864118265     PISSN: 08698643     EISSN: 15318699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0869864312010040     Document Type: Article

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