Numerical simulation for external magnetic field influence on Fe3O4-water nanofluid forced convection
ISSN: 0264-4401
Article publication date: 10 July 2018
Issue publication date: 23 July 2018
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to simulate nanofluid laminar steady flow in a lid-driven porous cavity under the impact of Lorentz forces.
Design/methodology/approach
Shape effect of nanoparticles and magnetic field impact on nanofluid properties are taken into consideration. The solutions of final equations are obtained by control volume based finite element method (CVFEM).
Findings
Graphs are depicted for different values of Darcy number, Fe3O4-water volume fraction, Reynolds and Hartmann numbers.
Originality/value
Results illustrated that using Platelet-shaped nanoparticles results in the highest Nusselt number. Nusselt number augments with rise of Darcy and Reynolds number.
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Citation
Sheikholeslami, M. (2018), "Numerical simulation for external magnetic field influence on Fe3O4-water nanofluid forced convection", Engineering Computations, Vol. 35 No. 4, pp. 1639-1654. https://doi.org/10.1108/EC-06-2017-0200
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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