No description available.

No description available.

No description available.

No description available.

No description available.

In this work, we studied heat and mass transfer in a nanofluid flow over a stretching sheet. Fluid flow in different flow geometries was studied and a co-ordinate transformation was used to transform the governing equations into non-dimensional non-similar boundary layer equations. These equations were then solved numerically using both established and recent techniques such as the spectral relaxation and spectral quasi-linearization methods. Numerical solutions for the heat transfer, mass transfer and skin friction coefficients have been presented for different system parameters, such as heat generation, Soret and Dufour effects, chemical reaction, thermal radiation influence, the local Grashof number, Prandtl number, Eckert number, Hartmann number and the Schmidt number. The dependency of the skin friction, heat and mass transfer coefficients on these parameters has been quantified and discussed. The accuracy, and validity of the spectral relaxation and spectral quasi-linearization methods has been established.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Auburn University, 2005. / Abstract. Vita. "The following publications were a product of this dissertation: P.W. Bell, A.J. Thote, Y. Park, R.B. Gupta, and C.B. Roberts, "Supercritical Fluid Solvent Effects On Carboxylic Acid Dimer Formation," Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, Versailles, France, paper no. PTp14, 2003 P.W. Bell, A.J. Thote, Y. Park, R.B. Gupta, and C.B. Roberts, "Strong Lewis Acid- Lewis Base Interactions between Supercritical Carbon Dioxide and Carboxylic Acids: Effects on Self-Association," Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, (2003), 42(25), 6280-6289 P.W. Bell, A.P. Stephens, C.B. Roberts, and S. Duke, "High-Resolution Imaging of the Supercritical Antisolvent Process," Experiments in Fluids, (2005), 38(6), 708-719 P.W. Bell, M. Anand, Fan, X., R.M. Enick, and C.B. Roberts, "Stable Suspensions of Silver Nanoparticles in Carbon Dioxide without Use of Fluorinated Compounds", Langmuir, released on web."--P. ix. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 186-197).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Auburn University, 2005. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographic references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Oregon State University, 2008. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2007. / "August, 2007." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-86). Online version available on the World Wide Web. Library also has microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [2007]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.