Mixed convection boundary layer flow from a horizontal circular cylinder in a nanofluid

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 576-606

  Tham, Leony ^a   Nazar, Roslinda ^b   Pop, Ioan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA KELANTAN   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Boundary layers; Circular cylinder; Convection; Mixed convection; Nanofluid; Numerical solution

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER PROBLEMS; BOUNDARY-LAYER SOLUTION; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FINITE-DIFFERENCE SCHEME; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; HORIZONTAL CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; KELLER-BOX METHOD; MIXED CONVECTION BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; NANOFLUIDS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; SKIN FRICTION COEFFICIENT; SYSTEM OF NONLINEAR PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TIO; WATER-BASED FLUIDS;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; HEAT CONVECTION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MIXED CONVECTION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84864867385     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615531211231253     Document Type: Article

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