Continuum Nanofluidics
Soft Condensed Matter
2017-01-04 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Fluid Dynamics
Abstract
This paper introduces the fundamental continuum theory governing momentum transport in isotropic nanofluidic flows. The theory is an extension to the classical Navier-Stokes equation, which includes coupling between translational and rotational degrees of freedom, as well as non-local response functions that incorporates spatial correlations. The continuum theory is compared with molecular dynamics simulation data for both relaxation processes and fluid flows showing excellent agreement on the nanometer length scale. We also present practical tools to estimate when the extended theory should be used.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1506.03661,
title = {Continuum Nanofluidics},
author = {J. S. Hansen and Jeppe C. Dyre and Peter J. Daivis and B. D. Todd and Henrik Bruus},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.03661},
year = {2017}
}