Modelling flow enhancement in nanochannels: Viscosity and slippage

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 991-994

  Calabro F ^a   Lee, K P ^b   Mattia, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nanofluids; Navier's slip condition; Variable viscosity

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES;

FLOW ENHANCEMENT; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC; LIQUID FLOW RATES; NANO CHANNELS; NANOFLUIDS; NAVIER'S SLIP; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; VARIABLE VISCOSITY;

VISCOSITY;

EID: 84886947731     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aml.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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