Heatline analysis on natural convection for nanofluids confined within square cavities with various thermal boundary conditions

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 21-22, 2012, Pages 5526-5543

  Basak, Tanmay ^a   Chamkha, Ali J ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Heatfunctions; Heatlines; Nanofluid; Natural convection; Square cavity; Uniform and non uniform heating

Indexed keywords

HEATFUNCTIONS; HEATLINES; NANOFLUIDS; SQUARE CAVITY; UNIFORM AND NON-UNIFORM HEATING;

ALUMINA; COPPER; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; SPECIFIC HEAT; VISUALIZATION; WALL FLOW;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84864282408     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.05.025     Document Type: Article

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