Experimental and numerical investigation into the hydrodynamics of nanofluids in microchannels

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 174-186

  Singh, Pawan K ^a   Harikrishna, P V ^a   Sundararajan, T ^a   Das, Sarit K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Discrete phase modeling; Micro channels; Nanofluids; Particle migration; Suspensions

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL SIZES; DISCRETE PHASE MODELING; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; MIXTURE MODEL; NANOFLUIDS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PARTICLE MIGRATION; PH VARIATION; STANDARD METHOD; TRANSITION TO TURBULENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

ALUMINA; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HYDRODYNAMICS; NANOFLUIDICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SILICON WAFERS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WET ETCHING;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 84864323526     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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