Natural convective boundary-layer flow of a nanofluid past a vertical plate with heat flux condition

Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 5, Issue 11

Abstract

The paper analytically investigated the double-diffusive natural convective boundarylayer flow of a nanofluid past a vertical plate with heat flux condition. The diffusive model used for nanofluid included the effects of Brownian motion and Thermophoresis. A similarity solution was presented and numerical calculations were performed by Maple software. The reduced Nusselt number as a function of a buoyancy-ratio number Nr, a Brownian motion number Nb, and a Thermophoresis number Nt was found with a various values of Prandtl number Pr and Lewis number Le.

Authors and Affiliations

Abbas Bagheri| Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sh. Chamran University, Ahwaz, Iran, Hojatollah Gholami| Department of Mechanical Engineering, Islamic Azad University Dashtestan Branch, Dashtestan, Iran, Member of Young Research Club, email: Hojatollahgholami@gmail.com, Masoud Maghsoudi| Department of Mechanical Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University,Bushehr, Iran

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Abbas Bagheri, Hojatollah Gholami, Masoud Maghsoudi (2013). Natural convective boundary-layer flow of a nanofluid past a vertical plate with heat flux condition. International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences, 5(11), 1406-1414. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-6054