TY  - EJOU
AU  - Lu, Lei  
AU  - Liu, Li-Hua  
AU  - Li, Xiao-Xiao  

TI  - Investigation of Squeezing Unsteady Nanofluid Flow Using the Modified Decomposition Method
T2  - Computer Modeling in Engineering \& Sciences

PY  - 2014
VL  - 101
IS  - 1
SN  - 1526-1506

AB  - In this paper, we use the modified decomposition method (MDM) to solve the unsteady flow of a nanofluid squeezing between two parallel equations. Copper as nanoparticle with water as its base fluid has considered. The effective thermal conductivity and viscosity of nanofluid are calculated by the Maxwell- Garnetts (MG) and Brinkman models, respectively. The effects of the squeeze number, the nanofluid volume fraction, Eckert number, δ on Nusselt number and the Prandtl number are investigated. The figures and tables clearly show high accuracy of the method to solve the unsteady flow.
KW  - nonlinear differential equation
KW  -  unsteady nanofluid flow
KW  -  modified decomposition method

DO  - 10.3970/cmes.2014.101.001