01573nas a2200217   4500008004100000245009500041210006900136260001200205300001600217490000700233520084100240653001901081653002101100653004601121100002601167700001501193700002001208700002401228700002201252856008101274       2004                        eng d00aBrownian Dynamics Simulation to Determine the Effective Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids0 aBrownian Dynamics Simulation to Determine the Effective Thermal   c06/2004  a6492–64940 v953 a<p>A nanofluid is a fluid containing suspended solid particles, with sizes on the order of nanometers. Normally, nanofluids have higher thermal conductivities than their base fluids. Therefore, it is of interest to predict the effective thermal conductivity of such a nanofluid under different conditions, especially since only limited experimental data are available. We have developed a technique to compute the effective thermal conductivity of a nanofluid using Brownian dynamics simulation, which has the advantage of being computationally less expensive than molecular dynamics, and have coupled that with the equilibrium Green-Kubo method. By comparing the results of our calculation with the available experimental data, we show that our technique predicts the thermal conductivity of nanofluids to a good level of accuracy.</p>10acomplex fluids10aDisperse systems10aThermal conduction in nonmetallic liquids1 aBhattacharya, Prajesh1 aSaha, S.K.1 aYadav, Ajay, K.1 aPhelan, Patrick, E.1 aPrasher, Ravi, S.  uhttps://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/publications/brownian-dynamics-simulation