Combined convection heat transfer of nanofluids flow over forward facing step in a channel having a blockage

Applied Mechanics and Materials

Volumn 388, Issue , 2013, Pages 185-191

  Mohammed, H A ^a   Golieskardi, M ^b   Munisamy, K M ^b   Wahid, Mazlan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Universiti Tenaga Nasional   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Blockage; Forward facing step; Heat transfer enhancement; Nanofluids

Indexed keywords

BLOCKAGE; COMBINED CONVECTION; FORWARD FACING STEP; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; NANOFLUIDS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SIMPLE ALGORITHM;

FACINGS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT CONVECTION; NANOPARTICLES; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VOLUME FRACTION;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84884774831     PISSN: 16609336     EISSN: 16627482     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.388.185     Document Type: Conference Paper

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