Thermophoresis and Brownian motion effects on MHD boundary-layer flow of a nanofluid in the presence of thermal stratification due to solar radiation

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 146-154

  Kandasamy, R ^a   Muhaimin, I ^a   Mohamad, Radiah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Keywords Solar radiation Brownian motion:Magnetic effect Nanofluids: Thermophoresis Thermal stratification

Indexed keywords

LAMINAR FLUID FLOW; MOTION PARAMETERS; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE VOLUME FRACTIONS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; SCALING SYMMETRIES; STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS; TRANSLATION SYMMETRY;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; THERMOPHORESIS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84876681555     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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