| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 653778 | International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer | 2010 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The steady mixed convection boundary layer flow past a vertical flat plate embedded in a porous medium filled with nanofluids is studied using different types of nanoparticles as Cu (cuprom), Al2O3 (aluminium) and TiO2 (titanium). The model used for the nanofluid is the one which incorporates only the nanoparticle volume fraction parameter. The basic partial equations are reduced to an ordinary differential equation which is solved numerically for some values of the volume fraction and mixed convection parameters. It is shown that the solution has two branches in a certain range of the parameters. The effects of these parameters on the velocity distribution are presented graphically.
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Authors
Syakila Ahmad, Ioan Pop,