Thermophoresis and Brownian motion effects on boundary layer flow of nanofluid in presence of thermal stratification due to solar energy

Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition)

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 765-780

  Anbuchezhian, N ^a   Srinivasan, K ^b   Chandrasekaran, K ^c   Kandasamy, R ^d  

^a SriGuru Institute of Technology   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c R M K ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

^d UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Brownian motion; Nanofluid; Solar radiation; Thermal stratification; Thermophoresis

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; DIRECT ABSORPTION; EXACT SOLUTION; LAMINAR FLUID FLOW; LEWIS NUMBERS; LIE GROUP TRANSFORMATION; MOTION PARAMETERS; NANOFLUIDS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; SCALING GROUP; STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS; STREAM CONDITION; SYMMETRY GROUPS; THERMOPHORETIC; VERTICAL SURFACE; VOLUME FRACTION PROFILE;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; LIE GROUPS; NANOPARTICLES; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; THERMOPHORESIS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84864535101     PISSN: 02534827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10483-012-1585-8     Document Type: Article

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