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Nusselt Number

Nusselt Number is a dimensionless quantity in dimensional analysis that characterizes the ratio of convective to conductive heat transfer across a boundary in a fluid, distinguished by its use in quantifying thermal transport enhancement in engineering and physical systems.

8K

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2.7K

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2017–2026

3.7K

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HYDRODYNAMIC AND HEAT TRANSFER STUDY OF DISPERSED FLUIDS WITH SUBMICRON METALLIC OXIDE PARTICLES

Bock Choon Pak, Young I. Cho · Experimental Heat Transfer · 1998 · 4.4K citations

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Heat transfer and large scale dynamics in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection

Guenter Ahlers, Detlef Lohse · Reviews of Modern Physics · 2009 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Forced convection heat transfer correlations for flow in pipes, past flat plates, single cylinders, single spheres, and for flow in packed beds and tube bundles

Stephen Whitaker · AIChE Journal · 1972 · 1.3K citations

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Forced Convection in High Porosity Metal Foams

Varaprasad Calmidi, Roop L. Mahajan · Journal of Heat Transfer · 2000 · 1.1K citations

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Scaling in thermal convection: a unifying theory

Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 2000 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Authors

12.1K

  1. TH
    Tasawar Hayat

    Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan

    178 publications · 9.3K citations

    58

    h-index

  2. AJ
    Ali J. Chamkha

    Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia

    178 publications · 11.6K citations

    56

    h-index

  3. IP
    Ioan Pop

    Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania

    123 publications · 6K citations

    43

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  4. AA
    Ahmed Alsaedi

    King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

    67 publications · 3.5K citations

    39

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  5. AM
    A. M. Rashad

    Aswan University, Egypt

    63 publications · 3K citations

    34

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Institutions

2.7K

  1. Quaid-i-Azam University

    Islamabad, Pakistan

    68 h-index

    714 publications

    38.6K citations

  2. King Abdulaziz University

    Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    61 h-index

    443 publications

    21.2K citations

  3. COMSATS University Islamabad

    Islamabad, Pakistan

    49 h-index

    275 publications

    9.9K citations

  4. Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University

    Khobar, Saudi Arabia

    45 h-index

    134 publications

    9.5K citations

  5. Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University

    Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia

    45 h-index

    163 publications

    6.7K citations

  6. King Khalid University

    Abhā, Saudi Arabia

    44 h-index

    253 publications

    8.5K citations

  7. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    44 h-index

    187 publications

    11.2K citations

  8. Babol Noshirvani University of Technology

    Babol, Iran

    41 h-index

    182 publications

    10.2K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Heat Transfer

    740 publications · 36.8K citations

    89

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  2. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    214 publications · 16.8K citations

    77

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  3. Alexandria Engineering Journal

    AEJ · 172 publications · 10.1K citations

    61

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  4. Numerical Heat Transfer Part A Applications

    470 publications · 15.9K citations

    57

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  5. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering

    288 publications · 12.1K citations

    56

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