Double-diffusive natural convection in a partially heated enclosure using a nanofluid

Heat Transfer - Asian Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 484-497

  Parvin, Salma ^a   Nasrin, Rehena ^a   Alim, M A ^a   Hossain, N F ^a  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Double diffusive natural convection; Finite element method; Square enclosure; Water Al 2O 3 nanofluid

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WALL; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; DOUBLE-DIFFUSIVE NATURAL CONVECTION; GALERKIN; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; GOVERNING PARAMETERS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HEATED ENCLOSURES; HORIZONTAL WALLS; NANOFLUIDS; PENALTY FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SHERWOOD NUMBERS; SOLID VOLUME FRACTION; SQUARE ENCLOSURES; VERTICAL VELOCITY; VERTICAL WALL; WEIGHTED RESIDUALS;

ENCLOSURES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NATURAL CONVECTION;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84865336296     PISSN: 10992871     EISSN: 15231496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/htj.21010     Document Type: Article

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