Brownian dynamic simulation for the prediction of effective thermal conductivity of nanofluid

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 767-773

  Jain, Shashi ^a   Patel, Hrishikesh E ^a   Das, Sarit Kumar ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownian dynamic simulation; Effective conductivity; Modeling; Nanofluids; Nanoparticles; Suspensions; Thermal conduction

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN DYNAMIC SIMULATION; EFFECTIVE CONDUCTIVITY; MODELING; NANOFLUIDS; SUSPENSIONS; THERMAL CONDUCTION;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUIDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; RANGE FINDING; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICITY;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; DISPERSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NANOFLUIDICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 63949084066     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-008-9454-4     Document Type: Article

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