The effect of double stratification on boundary-layer flow and heat transfer of nanofluid over a vertical plate

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 86, Issue , 2013, Pages 433-441

  Ibrahim, Wubshet ^a,b   Makinde, O D ^a,b  

^a AMBO UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Boundary layer flow; Brownian motion; Heat transfer; Nanofluid; Solutal stratification; Thermal stratification; Thermophoresis

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTIONS; DIMENSIONLESS VELOCITY; LOCAL NUSSELT NUMBER; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; SKIN FRICTION COEFFICIENT; STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS; SYSTEMS OF EQUATIONS;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; HEAT TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; THERMOPHORESIS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84883017572     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2013.07.029     Document Type: Article

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