On the influencing factors and strengthening mechanism for thermal conductivity of nanofluids by molecular dynamics simulation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 13568-13575

  Cui, Wenzheng ^a   Bai, Minli ^a   Lv, Jizu ^a   Li, Guojie ^a   Li, Xiaojie ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING PROPERTIES; GREEN-KUBO FORMULA; HEAT TRANSFER THEORY; INFLUENCING FACTOR; INVESTIGATE EFFECTS; MICRO MOTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOFLUIDS; RADICAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; STRENGTHENING MECHANISMS; VOLUME CONCENTRATION; WORKING FLUID;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DYNAMICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; STRENGTHENING (METAL);

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 82555182300     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie201307w     Document Type: Article

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