Biomathematical study of non-Newtonian nanofluid in a diverging tube

Heat Transfer - Asian Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 389-402

  Sher Akbar, Noreen ^a   Nadeem, S ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Diverging tube; Eyring Prandtl fluid; Homotopy perturbation solution; Nanoparticle; Peristaltic flow

Indexed keywords

CYLINDRICAL COORDINATES; DIVERGING TUBES; HOMOTOPY PERTURBATION METHOD (HPM); HOMOTOPY PERTURBATION SOLUTIONS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; NONLINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; NUMERICAL INTEGRATIONS; PERISTALTIC FLOWS;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

EID: 84879417108     PISSN: 10992871     EISSN: 15231496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/htj.21047     Document Type: Article

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