Micro- and Nanoflows (eBook)

Valery Ya. Rudyak, Professor, graduated the physical faculty of the Novosibirsk State University. He completed his Ph.D. dissertation in kinetic theory of gases. In 1990 he defended the doctor of science in physics and mathematics dissertation. He is Honoured Science Worker of Russian Federation. He is head of theoretical mechanics department of the Novosibirsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, simultaneously he is main research scientist of the Siberian Federal University. His main field of expertise includes the following subjects: nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, kinetic theory of gases, rarefied gas dynamics, physics and mechanics of transport processes, transport processes in nanofluids, flows in microchannels, multi-phases fluids, laminar-turbulent transition, CFD and molecular dynamics simulation. He is author of 6 monographs and more than 200 scientific papers. The main subjects of his research last years are the nanofluids transport properties and modelling micro- and nanoflows. Vladimir M. Aniskin, Doctor, graduated the faculty of aircrafts of the Novosibirsk State Technical University. He completed his Ph.D. dissertation on experimental investigations of hypersonic flows. In 2012 he defended the doctor of science in physics and mathematics dissertation. He is senior researcher in Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences in Novosibirsk. His main field of expertise includes the following subjects: investigations of gas microjets, flows of liquids in microchannels, development of methods of microflows diagnostics. He is author of 1 monograph and more than 80 scientific papers. Anatoly A. Maslov, Professor, graduated the physical faculty of the Novosibirsk State University. He completed his PhD dissertation in numerical investigation of supersonic boundary layer stability.  In 1988 he defended the doctor of science in physics and mathematics dissertation. He is head of laboratory " Physical problems of gas-dynamic flows control ", Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, simultaneously he is main research scientist of the Novosibirsk State University. Prof. Maslov's main research interests are: fundamental studies in the areas of experimental fluid dynamics and applied aerodynamics. His current experimental studies include: stability and transition of laminar super- and hypersonic boundary layers; gasdynamic of weakly ionized gases; application of active flow control to aerial vehicles; sensing and control of unsteady flows and separation: and microscale and nanoscale flows. He is author of 4 monographs and more than 200 scientific papers. He is a laureate of the gold medal of N.E. Zhukovsky and the first prize of academician G.A.Petrov for a series of works in the field of stability of the supersonic and hypersonic shear and boundary layers. Andrey V. Minakov, Doctor, graduated from the Krasnoyarsk Technical University in 2005 in direction of the technical physics. Now he is assistant professor of the Siberian Federal University. His main field of expertise includes the following subjects: thermophysical properties of nanofluids, CFD modeling of complex fluid flows including microflows, physics of dispersed fluids, modeling heat and mass transfer in many applications. He is author more than 90 scientific papers and one monograph. Sergey G. Mironov, Professor, graduated the physical faculty of the Novosibirsk State University. He completed his Ph.D. dissertation in experimental rarefied gas-dynamics. In 2003 he defended the doctor of science in physics and mathematics dissertation. He is main researcher in Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences in Novosibirsk and professor in the physical faculty of the Novosibirsk State University. His main field of expertise includes the following subjects: stability hypersonic boundary layers, supersonic jets, supersonic aerodynamics, microscale flows. He is author of 1 monograph and more than 150 scientific papers. He is a laureate of first prize of academician G.A.Petrov for a series of works in the field of stability of the supersonic and hypersonic shear and boundary layers.

1 Methods of Modeling of Microflows and NanoflowsAbstract1.1       Considered Systems and Their Classification1.2       Modeling of Rarefied Gas Microflows1.3       Modeling of Moderately Dense Gases1.4       Modeling of Dense Gas and Liquid Flows1.5       Modeling of Disperse Fluid Flows1.6       Modeling of Nanofluid Microflows1.7       Molecular Dynamics MethodReferences2 Gasdynamic Structure and Stability of Gas MicrojetsAbstract2.1       Investigation and Application of Microjets2.2       Stability of a Subsonic Plane Gas Microjet2.3       Structure and Characteristics of Stability of SupersonicAxisymmetric Microjets2.4       Microjet Simulation with the Use of MacrojetsReferences3 Fluid Flows in MicrochannelsAbstract3.1       Methods of Determining the Hydraulic Resistance Coefficient in Tubes3.2       Fabrication Technology and Characteristics of Microchannels3.3       Experimental Arrangement3.4       Errors of Microchannel Measurements3.5       Fluid Flow in Straight Tubes3.6       Fluid Flows in Curved TubesReferences4 Modeling of MicromixersAbstract4.1       Algorithm for Solving the Navier-Stokes Equations4.2       Testing of the Algorithm4.3       Mixing of Fluids in a Y-type Mixer at Low Reynolds Numbers4.4       Mixing of Fluids in a T-type Micromixer at Moderate Reynolds Numbers4.5       Experimental Study of Flow Regimes in a T-type Micromixer4.6       Modeling of Two-phase Flows in a T-type Micromixer4.7       Heat Transfer in a T-type Micromixer4.8       Active Method of MixingReferences5  Modeling of NanoflowsAbstract5.1       Molecular Dynamics Simulation of a Channel Flow Generated by an External Force5.2       Algorithm of Modeling a Plane Nanoflow under Pseudo-periodic Conditions5.3       Algorithm of Modeling a Plane Nanoflow with a Prescribed Flow Rate5.4       Specific Features of Nanoflows in MD Simulations5.5       Diffusion of Molecules in Nanochannels5.6       Self-diffusion of Molecules in Porous Media5.7       Modeling of Nanofluid Separation with the Use of NanomembranesReferences6 Fluid Transport under Constrained ConditionsAbstract6.1       Statistical Theory of Transport Processes6.2       On Fluid Viscosity in the NanochannelReferencesConclusions References