Numerical simulation of laminar to turbulent nanofluid flow and heat transfer over a backward-facing step

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 239, Issue , 2014, Pages 153-170

  Togun, Hussein ^a,b   Safaei, M R ^c   Sadri, Rad ^a   Kazi, S N ^a   Badarudin, A ^a   Hooman, K ^d   Sadeghinezhad, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THI QAR   (Iraq)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Backward facing step; Nanofluid; Separation flow; Turbulent and laminar flow

Indexed keywords

DROPS; FACINGS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT FLUX; LAMINAR FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE; VOLUME FRACTION;

BACKWARD FACING STEP; ENHANCED HEAT TRANSFER; FLOW OVER A BACKWARD FACING STEPS; HEAT TRANSFER AUGMENTATION; MAXIMUM PRESSURE DROPS; NANOFLUIDS; SEPARATION FLOW; TURBULENT AND LAMINAR FLOWS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84900799901     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2014.04.051     Document Type: Article

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