Mixed convection flow over a solid sphere embedded in a porous medium filled by a nanofluid containing gyrotactic microorganisms

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 647-660

  Tham, Leony ^a   Nazar, Roslinda ^b   Pop, Ioan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA KELANTAN   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Bioconvection; Boundary layer; Mixed convection; Nanofluid; Porous medium; Solid sphere

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVECTION; CONSTANT SURFACE TEMPERATURES; IMPLICIT FINITE-DIFFERENCE SCHEMES; MIXED CONVECTION BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; NANOFLUIDS; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLID SPHERES; SYSTEM OF NONLINEAR PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MICROORGANISMS; MIXED CONVECTION; NANOPARTICLES; NUSSELT NUMBER; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; SPHERES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84876479593     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.03.012     Document Type: Article

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