Mixed convection boundary layer flow from a vertical truncated cone in a nanofluid

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the steady mixed convection boundary layer flow from a vertical frustum of a cone in water-based nanofluids. The problem is formulated to incorporate three kinds of nanoparticles: copper, alumina and titanium oxide. The working fluid is chosen as water with the Prandtl number of 6.2. The mathematical model used for the nanofluid incorporates the particle volume fraction parameter, the effective viscosity and the effective thermal diffusivity. The entire regime of the mixed convection includes the mixed convection parameter, which is positive for the assisting flow (heated surface of the frustum cone) and negative for the opposing flow (cooled surface of the frustum cone), respectively.

Authors

Flavius Patrulescu
(Tiberiu Popoviciu Institute of Numerical Analysis, Romanian Academy)

Teodor Groşan
(Babeş-Bolyai University Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Sciences)

Ioan Pop
(Babeş-Bolyai University Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Sciences)

Keywords

truncated cone, boundary layer, mixed convection, nanofluids, numerical results, dual solutions

Cite this paper as

F. Pătrulescu, T.Groşan, I. Pop, Mixed convection boundary layer flow from a vertical truncated cone in a nanofluid, Int. J. Num. Meth. Heat Fluid Flow, vol. 24, no. 5 (2014), pp. 1175-1190
DOI: 10.1108/HFF-11-2012-0267