3D simulation of hard spheres in thermal boundary
In this work, we designed a three-dimensional simulation module that enables users to predict the thermo-physical properties of a fluid system bounded by thermal planes. The simulation program, written in object-oriented programming language, Java, allows the viewing of actual atomistic movement...
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| Format: | Final Year Project |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16427 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | In this work, we designed a three-dimensional simulation module that enables users to
predict the thermo-physical properties of a fluid system bounded by thermal planes. The
simulation program, written in object-oriented programming language, Java, allows the
viewing of actual atomistic movement real-time, based on the deterministic Molecular
Dynamics simulation method. The results of the simulations were compared to
predictions from theoretical formalism. For a good theoretical tractability, the hardsphere
model was adopted. The developed module aims to serve as a computational tool
for undergraduate students and practitioners in chemical engineering fields to better
understand heat transfer effects in confinement, as heat transfer in micro- and nanochannels
gain increasing relevance and importance in the industry. Investigation on
atomic behavior was done with respect to variation of temperature of confining planes
and the number density of the atoms in the system. |
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