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Empirical correlating equations for predicting the effective thermal conductivity and dynamic viscosity of nanofluids
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In this article, two empirical correlations for predicting the effective thermal conductivity and dynamic viscosity of nanofluids, based on a high number of experimental data available in the literature, are proposed and discussed.About:
This article is published in Energy Conversion and Management.The article was published on 2011-01-01. It has received 971 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nanofluid & Volume fraction.read more
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A comparative study on the tribological behavior of mono&proportional hybrid nanofluids for sustainable turning of AISI 420 hardened steel with cermet tools
TL;DR: In this article, the influence of various mono and proportional hybrid nanofluids prepared with multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT), alumina (Al2O3) and molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) on the performance of cermet tools in turning of AISI 420 hardened steel was examined.
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Thermomagnetic Convection Around a Current-Carrying Wire in Ferrofluid
TL;DR: In this article, the Nusselt number for a heated 50-μm diameter wire in a ferrofluid flow was measured for different electrical currents and fluid temperatures.
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Impacts of amplitude and heat source on natural convection of hybrid nanofluids into a wavy enclosure via heatline approach
TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the natural convection inside a cavity of wavy vertical surfaces, including a wall, and found that the passive convection encourages continuous investigation on this field.
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Modeling of free convection heat transfer utilizing nanofluid inside a wavy enclosure with a pair of hot and cold cylinders
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of the nanoparticle volume fraction, the Rayleigh number, the wave amplitude, and the undulations number on the heat transfer rate was examined numerically by using the finite volume discretization method.
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Effects of nonhomogeneous nanofluid model on convective heat transfer in partially heated square cavity with conducting solid block
TL;DR: In this paper, the conjugate natural convection in a square cavity filled with water nanofluid with an inner conducting solid block is studied numerically using nonhomogeneous Buongiorno's two-phase model.
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The Viscosity of Concentrated Suspensions and Solutions
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