The boundary layers of an unsteady stagnation-point flow in a nanofluid

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 23-24, 2012, Pages 6499-6505

  Bachok, Norfifah ^a   Ishak, Anuar ^b   Pop, Ioan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Dual solutions; Nanofluids; Stagnation point flow; Unsteady boundary layer

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DUAL SOLUTIONS; FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFERS; LOCAL NUSSELT NUMBER; NANOFLUIDS; SKIN FRICTION COEFFICIENT; SOLID VOLUME FRACTION; STAGNATION-POINT FLOW; UNSTEADY BOUNDARY LAYER;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84865783106     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.06.050     Document Type: Article

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