Effect of nanofluid variable properties on mixed convection flow and heat transfer in an inclined two-sided lid-driven cavity with sinusoidal heating on sidewalls

Heat Transfer Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 409-432

  Esfe, Mohammad Hemmat ^a   Akbari, Mohammad ^a   Toghraie, Davood ^a   Karimipour, Arash ^a   Afrand, Masoud ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Inclined cavity; Mixed convection; Nanofluid; Variable properties

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; MIXED CONVECTION; NANOPARTICLES; VOLUME FRACTION;

FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFERS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; INCLINED CAVITIES; LID-DRIVEN SQUARE CAVITY; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE VOLUME FRACTIONS; TWO-SIDED LID-DRIVEN CAVITY; VARIABLE PROPERTY;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84901009995     PISSN: 10642285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/HeatTransRes.2013007127     Document Type: Article

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