Numerical study on the laminar convective heat transfer of alumina/water nanofluids

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 170-173

  Azari, Ahmad ^a   Kalbasi, Mansour ^a   Rahimi, Masoud ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; NANOFLUIDICS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

AL2O3 PARTICLES; CIRCULAR TUBES; COMMERCIAL CODES; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; GEOMETRICAL CONFIGURATIONS; LAMINAR FORCED CONVECTIONS; SINGLE-PHASE MODEL; VARIABLE THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 84873647346     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.T3834     Document Type: Article

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