...K.M. Nihaal; U.S. Mahabaleshwar; L. M. Perez; F.-J. Granados-Ortiz; J. Ortega-Casanova Purpose The shape factor of nanoparticles is a parameter of interest in the variation of the thermophysical properties of nanofluids, and it affects their fluid flow and temperature distribution. Hence...

... coefficient values under some special flow conditions. Importantly, the effects of second-order slip on engineering parameters were also investigated. Furthermore, the Nusselt number increases with increasing shape factor. Research limitations/implications Obtained results of the study can be beneficial...

... of the magnetic parameter, the nanoparticle volume fraction, micropolar parameter and nanoparticles shape factor on velocity, temperature and microrotation profiles, the skin friction coefficient and the Nusselt number. These surveys have been considered for three base fluids simultaneously. Findings...

.... Consequences of different shapes of nano-sized particle are come across to study the effect of shape factor on thermal conductivity. We considered a steady, fully developed, incompressible nanofluid flow through a vertical microchannel under the influence of velocity slip and convective boundary...

... Microchannel Heat source Shape factor Slip parameter Nanoliquid Nowadays the field of microfluidics has tremendous application in heat transfer phenomenon. Micro-structured devices have great importance because of their tiny size. A channel of dimension from 1 to 100μm provides best heat...

... finite element method. Findings Effects of various pertinent parameters such as Rayleigh number, Hartmann number, volume fraction of nanofluid and shape factor of nanoparticle on the convective heat transfer characteristics are analysed. It was observed that local and average heat transfer rates...