Journal
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MECHANICS B-FLUIDS
Volume 64, Issue -, Pages 55-59Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.euromechflu.2017.01.007
Keywords
Local effective viscosity; Nano-scale channel; Non-equilibrium molecular dynamics; Fluid-wall interaction
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11372298, 11672284, 11402259]
- Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province [LQ15A020003]
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The non-equilibrium molecular dynamics method is used in the present study to investigate the local effective viscosity in nano-scale shear-driven gas flows. The profiles of gas velocity and shear stress across the channel are sampled and the Newton law of viscosity is applied to obtain the local effective viscosity. By using this method, the profile of local effective viscosity across the channel is obtained. In the bulk region of the channel, the local effective viscosity agrees well with the experimental value. However, in the near wall region, the local effective viscosity deviates from experimental value. The wall influence depth decreases with the increase of gas density, and this depth is independent of channel height, temperature and shear velocity in the shear driven Couette flow. The wall influence depth is approximately twice of the mean free path. (C) 2017 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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