The Cheng-Minkowycz problem for natural convective boundary layer flow in a porous medium saturated by a nanofluid: A revised model

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 682-685

  Kuznetsov, A V ^a   Nield, D A ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Brownian motion; Nanofluid; Porous medium; Thermophoresis; Vertical plate

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTROL; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLUID-SATURATED POROUS MEDIUM; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE VOLUME FRACTIONS; PARTICLE FRACTION; POROUS MEDIUM; VERTICAL PLATE;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMOPHORESIS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84880520321     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.06.054     Document Type: Article

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