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Boundary layer flow of a nanofluid past a stretching sheet with a convective boundary condition
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In this article, the boundary layer flow induced in a nanofluid due to a linearly stretching sheet is studied numerically and the transport equations include the effects of Brownian motion and thermophoresis.About:
This article is published in International Journal of Thermal Sciences.The article was published on 2011-07-01. It has received 1086 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nusselt number & Thermophoresis.read more
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Finite difference solution of mhd radiative boundary layer flow of a nanofluid past a stretching sheet
TL;DR: In this paper, the non-similar solutions are presented which depend on the Magnetic parameter M respectively, the obtained equations have been solved by explicit finite difference method and temperature and concentration profiles are discussed for the different values of the above parameters with different time steps.
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Numerical Investigation of Hydromagnetic Hybrid Cu – Al2O3/Water Nanofluid Flow over a Permeable Stretching Sheet with Suction
TL;DR: In this paper, an emerging concept of hybrid nanofluid with a new improved model of its thermophysical properties is introduced in the present work, which has been employed for the enhancement of heat transfer rate.
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MHD flow and radiation heat transfer of nanofluids in porous media with variable surface heat flux and chemical reaction
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of variable surface heat flux and first-order chemical reaction on MHD flow and radiation heat transfer of nanofluids against a flat plate in porous medium were investigated.
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Buoyancy effects on MHD stagnation point flow and heat transfer of a nanofluid past a convectively heated stretching/shrinking sheet
TL;DR: In this article, the combined effects of buoyancy force, convective heating, Brownian motion, thermophoresis and magnetic field on stagnation point flow and heat transfer due to nanofluid flow towards a stretching sheet were analyzed.
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MHD boundary layer flow and heat transfer of nanofluids over a nonlinear stretching sheet: A numerical study
TL;DR: In this paper, the MHD laminar boundary layer flow with heat and mass transfer of an electrically conducting water-based nanofluid over a nonlinear stretching sheet with viscous dissipation effect is investigated numerically.
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Convective Transport in Nanofluids
TL;DR: In this article, the authors considered seven slip mechanisms that can produce a relative velocity between the nanoparticles and the base fluid and concluded that only Brownian diffusion and thermophoresis are important slip mechanisms in nanofluids.
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Investigation on Convective Heat Transfer and Flow Features of Nanofluids
Yimin Xuan,Qiang Li +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, an innovative new class of heat transfer fluids can be engineered by suspending metallic nanoparticles in conventional heat-transfer fluids, which are expected to exhibit high thermal conductivities compared to those of currently used heat transfer fluid, and they represent the best hope for enhancing heat transfer.
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TL;DR: In this article, the physical concepts and methodologies of heat and mass transfer are explained for advanced undergraduate engineering majors, using a systematic method for problem solving and discusses the relationship of heat transfer to many important practical applications through examples and problems.
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Hydrodynamic and heat transfer study of dispersed fluids with submicron metallic oxide particles
Bock Choon Pak,Young I. Cho +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a Brookfield rotating viscometer to measure the viscosities of the dispersed fluids with γ-alumina (Al2O3) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) particles at a 10% volume concentration.