A time-dependent model to determine the thermal conductivity of a nanofluid

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Myers, T G ^a   MacDevette, M M ^a,b   Ribera, H ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECERCA MATEMÀTICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Enhanced thermal conductivity; Heat balance integral method; Mathematical model; Maxwell model; Nanofluid

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VOLUME FRACTION;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; APPROXIMATE SOLUTION; ENHANCED THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; HEAT BALANCE INTEGRAL METHOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MAXWELL MODELS; NANOFLUIDS; TIME-DEPENDENT MODELS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NANOFLUIDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84879036078     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1775-2     Document Type: Article

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