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This book explores nanofluid and hybrid nanofluid flow at a moving surface, stretching plate, stretching disk, and past a stretching surface. It demonstrates the wide range of applications of nanofluid heat and mass transport enhancement in many industrial and manufacturing processes.
List of contents
1. Introduction to nanofluids and hybrid nanofluids. 2. Nanofluid Flow at a Moving Surface. 3. Nanofluid flow, heat, and mass transfer at a stretching surface. 4. Nanofluid Flow at a Stretching Surface. 5. Nanofluid flow, heat, and mass transfer at a stretching disk. 6. Nanofluid flow, heat and mass transfer at a stretching
cylinder. 7. Bio-magnetic Nanofluid Fluid flow in a Channel with Stretching Walls. 8. Nanofluid flow, heat, and mass transfer at a moving wedge. 9. Concluding Remarks and future areas of research.
About the author
Prof. Kuppalapalle Vajravelu obtained his Ph.D. degree in Applied Mathematics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. He is a professor at the University of Central Florida, USA. He has been actively engaged in research in the fields of Nanofluid Flow, and biofluids, Fluid Dynamics, Numerical Heat Transfer for the past 47 years. Prof. Vajravelu has supervised numerous M.S. and Ph.D. students and overseen research of several undergraduate students who received NSF fellowships to pursue their Ph.D. degrees. He has published over 450 research articles and five books on Differential Equations and their Applications. Prof. Vajravelu has reviewed papers for reputed national and international journals. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal "Differential Equations and Nonlinear Mechanics" for three years and is on the editorial boards of several journals.
Dr. John Abraham is a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of St. Thomas, in Minnesota, USA. His research and teaching activities relate to the mechanical engineering discipline and include design with a special focus on the thermal sciences. He has published approximately 500 pieces of work, including journal papers, book chapters, books, and conference presentations and has 26 patents. He is the co-founder of a company that provides drinking water to the developing world. He is an active consultant and has worked in the medical device, defense, sustainability, manufacturing, and other industries.
Prof. Swati Mukhopadhyay is a Professor at The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal, India. She obtained a Ph.D. degree from the same university and has been actively engaged in research in the field of Fluid Dynamics, Nanofluid Flow, and Heat Transfer for the past 18 years. She published more than 180 research articles and one book. A number of students obtained their Ph.D. degree under her able supervision.
Dr. P. Lakshminarayana is an Associate Professor at Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. He obtained a Ph.D. degree from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. He has been an active researcher in the field of Fluid Dynamics, Peristaltic Transport, Boundary Layer, Nanofluid Flow, and Heat and Mass Transfer for the past 15 years. He has published more than 75 research articles and 3 book chapters. Three students obtained their Ph.D. degrees under his supervision, and five students are currently pursuing their Ph.D. under his supervision.
