Boundary layer analysis and heat transfer of a nanofluid

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 401-412

  MacDevette, M M ^a,b   Myers, T G ^a   Wetton, B ^c  

^a CENTRE DE RECERCA MATEMÀTICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Convective heat transfer; Heat transfer coefficient; Nanofluid

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS;

BOUNDARY LAYER ANALYSIS; BOUNDARY LAYER THEORY; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; FLAT SURFACES; NANOFLUID FLOW; NANOFLUIDS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; THEORETICAL MODELING;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84904820210     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-013-1319-1     Document Type: Article

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