Numerical investigations on the heat transfer enhancement in a wavy channel using nanofluid

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 21-22, 2012, Pages 5891-5898

  Ahmed, M A ^a   Shuaib, N H ^b   Yusoff, M Z ^a  

^a Universiti Tenaga Nasional   (Malaysia)

^b TNB RESEARCH SDN BHD   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Finite difference method; Heat transfer; Laminar flow; Nanofluid; Wavy channel

Indexed keywords

CURVILINEAR COORDINATE; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; LOCAL SKIN-FRICTION COEFFICIENT; NANOFLUID FLOW; NANOFLUIDS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; STREAMFUNCTIONS; WAVY CHANNELS; WAVY WALL;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LAMINAR FLOW; NANOPARTICLES; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VOLUME FRACTION;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84864284069     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.05.086     Document Type: Article

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