Lattice Boltzmann simulation of mixed convection heat transfer in a corrugated wall cavity utilizing water-based nanofluids

Heat Transfer - Asian Research

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 649-665

  Jafari, Mohammad ^a   Farhadi, Mousa ^a   Sedighi, Kurosh ^a   Mehrizi, Abbas Ali Abouei ^a  

^a BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Boundary fitting method; Curved boundary; Lattice Boltzmann method; Nanoparticle; Nusselt number; Richardson number; Wavy surface

Indexed keywords

CURVED BOUNDARY; FITTING METHOD; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; RICHARDSON NUMBER; WAVY SURFACE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MIXED CONVECTION; NANOPARTICLES; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84870041889     PISSN: 10992871     EISSN: 15231496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/htj.21024     Document Type: Article

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