Thermophysical Properties of Nanofluids

This book offers a modern look at transport processes in nanofluids, highlighting their unique properties and broad applications beyond thermal engineering. The author presents independent systematic data on all known types of nanofluids, derived from numerous experiments measuring transport coefficients. The book unambiguously formulates conclusions regarding the dependence of these coefficients on various factors such as nanoparticle concentration, size, type, and base fluid. The author shows mechanisms of transport processes through molecular dynamic modeling performed alongside experiments, and systematically studies the rheology of simple liquids and nanofluids. The chapter on hydrodynamic modeling of nanofluid flows emphasizes caution, discussing the limitations of using similarity criteria. Special data are accompanied by preliminary discussions of transport processes in simple and coarse dispersed liquids, making the book accessible and interesting for students, graduate students, engineers, and researchers.

Valery Ya. Rudyak is a leading scientist at Novosibirsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering and the Institute of Thermophysics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is a Doctor of Science in Physics and Mathematics and a Professor in theoretical mechanics. His main research interests include nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, kinetic theory of gases, rarefied gas dynamics, physics and mechanics of transport processes, transport processes in nanofluids, flows in microchannels, nanofluid flows, molecular dynamics modeling, CFD, and laminar-turbulent transition.