Molecular simulation of fluid dynamics on the nanoscale
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2010-10-21 v1 Fluid Dynamics
Abstract
Molecular dynamics simulation is applied to Poiseuille flow of liquid methane in planar graphite channels, covering channel diameters between 3 and 135 nm. On this length scale, a transition is found between the regime where local ordering induced by the wall dominates the entire system and larger channel diameters where the influence of boundary slip is still present, but of a more limited extent. The validity of Darcy's law for pressure-driven flow through porous media is not affected by the transition between these regimes.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1010.4152,
title = {Molecular simulation of fluid dynamics on the nanoscale},
author = {Jadran Vrabec and Elmar Baumhögger and Andreas Elsner and Martin Horsch and Zheng Liu and Svetlana Miroshnichenko and Azer Nazdrajić and Thorsten Windmann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.4152},
year = {2010}
}