Effects of viscous dissipation and Newtonian heating on boundary-layer flow of nanofluids over a flat plate

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1291-1303

  Makinde, Oluwole Daniel ^a  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alumina water; Copper water; Flat plate; Nanofluids; Newtonian heating; Titania water

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA-WATER; COPPER-WATER; FLAT PLATE; NANOFLUIDS; NEWTONIAN HEATING; TITANIA-WATER;

ALUMINA; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COPPER; HEATING; NANOPARTICLES; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VISCOUS FLOW; VOLUME FRACTION;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84889797540     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/HFF-12-2011-0258     Document Type: Article

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