Mixed convection boundary layer flow from a vertical truncated cone in a nanofluid

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1175-1190

  Patrulescu F O ^a   Grosan T ^b   Pop, I ^b  

^a ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Dual solutions; Mixed convection; Nanofluids; Numerical results; Truncated cone

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXED CONVECTION; NANOPARTICLES; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TITANIUM OXIDES; VOLUME FRACTION;

BOUNDARY LAYER APPROXIMATION; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DUAL SOLUTIONS; MIXED CONVECTION BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; NANOFLUIDS; NONLINEAR PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; TRUNCATED CONE;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84902785089     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/HFF-11-2012-0267     Document Type: Article

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