Comparison of multidimensional simulation models for nanofluids flow characteristics

Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-83

  Peng, Wang ^a   Minli, Bai ^a   Jizu, Lv ^a   Liang, Zhang ^a   Wenzheng, Cui ^a   Guojie, Li ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED HEAT TRANSFER; EULER-LAGRANGE; EULER-LAGRANGE MODELS; EULERIAN-EULERIAN; EULERIAN-EULERIAN MULTIPHASE MODEL; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; MICRO MOTION; MICRO-FLOW; MICROSCOPIC MECHANISMS; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SIMULATION; MULTIPHASE MODEL; NANOFLUIDS; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; SINGLE-PHASE MODEL; THREE MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84872300375     PISSN: 10407790     EISSN: 15210626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407790.2012.724993     Document Type: Article

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