| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 661221 | International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2009 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The Cheng–Minkowycz problem of natural convection past a vertical plate, in a porous medium saturated by a nanofluid, is studied analytically. The model used for the nanofluid incorporates the effects of Brownian motion and thermophoresis. For the porous medium the Darcy model is employed. A similarity solution is presented. This solution depends on a Lewis number Le, a buoyancy-ratio number Nr, a Brownian motion number Nb, and a thermophoresis number Nt. The dependency of the Nusslelt number on these four parameters is investigated.
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Authors
D.A. Nield, A.V. Kuznetsov,