Fluid flow and heat transfer of carbon nanotubes along a flat plate with Navier slip boundary

Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland)

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 633-641

  Khan, W A ^a   Khan, Z H ^b   Rahi, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Effective thermal conductivity; Flat plate; Nanofluids; Navier slip boundary; Shooting method

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRICTION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NANOFLUIDICS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUSSELT NUMBER; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SKIN FRICTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLAT PLATE; NANOFLUIDS; SHOOTING METHODS; SLIP BOUNDARY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 85018656277     PISSN: 21905509     EISSN: 21905517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13204-013-0242-9     Document Type: Article

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