Outward melting of ice enhanced by Cu nanoparticles inside cylindrical horizontal annulus: Lattice Boltzmann approach

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 37, Issue 20-21, 2013, Pages 8813-8825

  Jourabian, Mahmoud ^a   Farhadi, Mousa ^a   Rabienataj Darzi, Ahmad Ali ^a  

^a BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Convection; Enthalpy method; Lattice Boltzmann method; Liquid fraction; Nanofluid; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ENTHALPY METHOD; LATTICE BOLTZMANN APPROACHES; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHODS (LBM); LIQUID FRACTION; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE VOLUME FRACTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSIONS; ENTHALPY; HEAT CONVECTION; LIQUIDS; MELTING; NANOPARTICLES; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84884130093     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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