Temperature Effect on the Viscosity of Silver Nanofluid: A Molecular Dynamics Study

capabilities in heat transfer enhancement. Moleculardynamic (MD) simulations can be used to assess theirperformance by calculating the thermos-physical properties.In the present study, the shear viscosity of water-basedsilver nanofluids have been investigated by performingequilibrium molecular dynamics using the Green-Kuboformula. The results depict that the more volume fraction is,the higher viscosity of nanofluid achieved. It is also foundthat higher viscosity of nanofluid achieved while thetemperature decreases; however, the trend of the incrementin ratio of nanofluid viscosity to water depends on bothvolume fraction and working temperature.

Keywords:

Silver nanofluid , Equilibrium moleculardynamics , Viscosity