Analysis of Thermal Interfacial Resistance Between Nanofins and Various Coolants

abstract

• Molecular dynamic simulations are performed to study the thermal interfacial resistance between a (5,5) carbon nanotube (CNT) and different matrix materials (water, ethyl alcohol, and 1-hexene). After the matrix-CNT ensemble is equilibrated to a base temperature of 300K, the temperature of the nanotube is raised to 750K by scaling the velocities of the carbon atoms. The system is then allowed to relax under constant energy. The exponential decay of temperature is used to calculate the thermal interfacial resistance. The interfacial resistance for water, ethyl alcohol and 1-hexene are found to be 2.13 10-8, 4.74 10-8, and 7.29 10-8 m2K/W, respectively, from the analysis. Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

authors

• Banerjee, Debjyoti
• Reddy, Junuthula

published proceedings

• INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING SCIENCE & MECHANICS

author list (cited authors)

• Singh, N., Unnikrishnan, V. U., Banerjee, D., & Reddy, J. N.

citation count

• 5

complete list of authors

• Singh, N||Unnikrishnan, VU||Banerjee, D||Reddy, JN

publication date

• September 2011

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• n1550-2287ISSN  Journal

keywords

• Carbon Nanotube
• Molecular Dynamics
• Nanocomposites
• Nanofluids

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/15502287.2011.582475

start page

• 254

end page

• 260

volume

• 12

issue

• 5

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15502287.2011.582475