MHD natural convection and entropy generation in a trapezoidal enclosure using Cu-water nanofluid

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 46-62

  Mahmoudi, Amir Houshang ^a,b   Pop, Ioan ^c   Shahi, Mina ^a,d   Talebi, Farhad ^a  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Entropy generation; MHD; Nanofluid; Natural convection; Numerical study; Trapezoidal enclosure

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WALL; CONSTANT HEAT FLUX; CONSTANT MAGNETIC FIELDS; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; CONTROL VOLUME METHODS; ENHANCEMENT OF HEAT TRANSFER; ENTROPY GENERATION; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HARTMAN NUMBERS; HEAT SOURCES; INCLINED WALLS; NANOFLUIDS; NATURAL CONVECTION FLOW; NUMERICAL STUDY; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SIMPLE ALGORITHM; SOLID VOLUME FRACTION; TRAPEZOIDAL ENCLOSURE; VERTICAL WALL;

ENCLOSURES; ENTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NANOPARTICLES; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84871989374     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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