Two-phase mixture modeling of natural convection of nanofluids with temperature-dependent properties

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 182-195

  Corcione, Massimo ^a   Cianfrini, Marta ^a   Quintino, Alessandro ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Correlations; Nanofluid; Natural convection; Optimal particle loading; Square cavity; Two phase approach

Indexed keywords

CORRELATIONS; NANOFLUIDS; OPTIMAL PARTICLE LOADINGS; SQUARE CAVITY; TWO-PHASE APPROACH;

ALUMINA; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; ENERGY TRANSFER; NANOFLUIDICS; OPTIMIZATION;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 84879420312     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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