Dynamical System Analysis of Thermal Convection in a Horizontal Layer of Nanofluids Heated from Below

J. M. Jawdat, I. Hashim and S. Momani

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2012, vol. 2012, 1-13

Abstract:

The effect of nanofluids on chaotic convection in a fluid layer heated from below was studied in this paper for low Prandtl number based on the theory of dynamical systems. A low-dimensional, Lorenz-like model was obtained using Galerkin-truncated approximations. The fourth-order Runge-Kutta method was employed to solve the nonlinear system. The results show that inhibition of chaotic convection can be observed when using nanofluids.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1155/2012/128943

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