The boundary layer flow and heat transfer of a nanofluid over a vertical, slender cylinder

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part N: Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanosystems

Volumn 226, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 165-173

  Nadeem, S ^a   Rehman, Abdul ^a,b   Ali, Mohamed E ^c  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; homotopy analysis method; nanofluid; vertical cylinder

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER APPROXIMATION; GOVERNING EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HOMOTOPY ANALYSIS METHODS; LAYER FLOW; NANOFLUIDS; NONDIMENSIONAL; PHYSICAL BEHAVIORS; SIMILARITY TRANSFORMATION; SLENDER CYLINDER; VERTICAL CYLINDERS;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HEAT TRANSFER; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84871724815     PISSN: 17403499     EISSN: 20413092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1740349912453806     Document Type: Article

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