標題: Molecular structural property and potential energy dependence on nonequilibrium-thermodynamic state point of liquid n-hexadecane under shear
作者: Tseng, Huan-Chang
Chang, Rong-Yeu
Wu, Jiann-Shing
應用化學系
Department of Applied Chemistry
公開日期: 28-Jan-2011
摘要: Extensive computer experiments have been conducted in order to shed light on the macroscopic shear flow behavior of liquid n-hexadecane fluid under isobaric-isothermal conditions through the nonequilibrium molecular dynamic methodology. With respect to shear rates, the accompanying variations in structural properties of the fluid span the microscopic range of understanding from the intrinsic to extrinsic characteristics. As drawn from the average value of bond length and bond angle, the distribution of dihedral angle, and the radius distribution function of intramolecular and intermolecular van der Waals distances, these intrinsic structures change with hardness, except in the situation of extreme shear rates. The shear-induced variation of thermodynamic state curve along with the shear rate studied is shown to consist of both the quasiequilibrium state plateau and the nonequilibrium-thermodynamic state slope. Significantly, the occurrence of nonequilibrium-thermodynamic state behavior is attributed to variations in molecular potential energies, which include bond stretching, bond bending, bond torsion, and intra-and intermolecular van der Waals interactions. To unfold the physical representation of extrinsic structural deformation, under the aggressive influence of a shear flow field, the molecular dimension and appearance can be directly described via the squared radius of gyration and the sphericity angle, R(g)(2) and phi, respectively. In addition, a specific orientational order S(x) defines the alignment of the molecules with the flow direction of the x-axis. As a result, at low shear rates, the overall molecules are slightly stretched and shaped in a manner that is increasingly ellipsoidal. Simultaneously, there is an obvious enhancement in the order. In contrast to high shear rates, the molecules spontaneously shrink themselves with a decreased value of R(g)(2), while their shape and order barely vary with an infinite value of phi and S(x). It is important to note that under different temperatures and pressures, these three parameters are integrated within a molecular description in response to thermodynamic state variable of density and rheological material function of shear viscosity. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3541825]
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3541825
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/25868
ISSN: 0021-9606
DOI: 10.1063/1.3541825
期刊: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume: 134
Issue: 4
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