Brownian motion and thermophoresis effects on natural convection of alumina-water nanofluid

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 100-110

  Aminfar, Habib ^a   Haghgoo, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brownian motion; Nanofluid; natural convection; non homogeneous model; thermophoresis; volume fraction

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA-WATER NANOFLUID; CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE VOLUME FRACTIONS; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; SOLID VOLUME FRACTION; VOLUME FRACTION DISTRIBUTION;

ALUMINA; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; LAMINAR FLOW; NANOPARTICLES; NATURAL CONVECTION; THERMOPHORESIS; VOLUME FRACTION;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84875834592     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: 20412983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954406212445683     Document Type: Article

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