Mixed convection over a backward-facing step in a vertical duct using nanofluids-buoyancy opposing case

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 860-872

  Mohammed, H A ^a   Al Aswadi, A A ^a   Abu Mulaweh, H I ^b   Hussein, Ahmed Kadhim ^c   Kanna, P Rajesh ^d  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BABYLON   (Iraq)

^d VELAMMAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Backward Facing Step; Mixed Convection; Nanofluids; Opposing Flow; Recirculation Flow.

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD FACING STEP; CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; NANOFLUIDS; OPPOSING FLOW; RE-CIRCULATION FLOW; RECIRCULATION REGIONS; SKIN FRICTION COEFFICIENT; UNIFORM WALL TEMPERATURES;

BUOYANCY; DUCTS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GOLD; MIXED CONVECTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SILICA; SILVER;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84892511156     PISSN: 15461955     EISSN: 15461963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jctn.2014.3339     Document Type: Article

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