Numerical Study of Laminar Flow Forced Convection of Water-Al₂O₃ Nanofluids under Constant Wall Temperature Condition

Table 1

Thermophysical properties of Al₂O₃-water nanofluid.

Property	(°C)	Volume concentration (%)
		0.0	0.1	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.0
(kg/m^3)	20	998.3	1001.20	1012.81	1027.32	1041.83	1056.3
	40	992.3	995.21	1006.84	1021.38	1035.92	1050.5
	60	983.1	986.02	997.69	1012.27	1026.85	1041.4
(J/kg-°C)	20	4182	4169.1	4118.4	4056.7	3996.6	3938.2
	40	4179	4166.1	4115.1	4053.0	3992.7	3934.0
	60	4186	4172.9	4121.4	4058.6	3997.7	3938.4
(mPa s)	20	1.003	1.0249	1.1193	1.2542	1.4114	1.5956
	40	0.653	0.6673	0.7287	0.8165	0.9189	1.0388
	60	0.466	0.4762	0.5200	0.58270	0.6557	0.7413
(W/m-K)	20	0.5996	0.6048	0.6258	0.6520	0.6781	0.7043
	40	0.6286	0.6341	0.6561	0.6835	0.7109	0.7384
	60	0.6507	0.6564	0.6791	0.7075	0.7359	0.7644