The unsteady flow of a nanofluid in the stagnation point region of a time-dependent rotating sphere

Thermal Science

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1603-1612

  Malvandi, Amir ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Nanofluid; Rotating sphere; Similarity solution; Thermophoresis; Unsteady stagnation point

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; NANOFLUIDICS; SHEAR STRESS; SPHERES;

CONCENTRATION RATES; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; NANOFLUIDS; ROTATING SPHERES; SIMILARITY SOLUTION; STAGNATION POINTS; TIME DEPENDENT; UNSTEADY BOUNDARY-LAYER FLOWS; UNSTEADY STAGNATION POINT;

THERMOPHORESIS;

EID: 84942818847     PISSN: 03549836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/TSCI121020079M     Document Type: Article

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