%0 Journal Article %A Rahmati, Ahmad Reza %A Mousavi, Sayed Hossein %D 2013 %I Begell House %K lattice Boltzmann method, natural convection, nanofluid viscosity model, nanofluid thermal conductivity model %N 1 %P 67-78 %R 10.1615/NanomechanicsSciTechnolIntJ.v4.i1.50 %T A NOVEL LATTICE BOLTZMANN SIMULATION OF NATURAL CONVECTION IN NANOFLUIDS USING DIFFERENT VISCOSITY AND THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MODELS %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/11e12455066dab5d,33695113661c01f9,4203e9b6355be0d2.html %V 4 %X Natural convection heat transfer and fluid flow in a two-dimensional enclosure filled with Cu−water nanofluid has been analyzed numerically. An incompressible generalized lattice Boltzmann method was utilized to solve the velocity field, while heat transfer was simulated using the single-relaxation−time lattice Boltzmann method (SRT-LBM). Different models were used to describe the viscosity and thermal conductivity of nanofluid. The results were compared to show the effect of these two parameters in numerical simulations. %8 2014-04-29