Experimental investigations were carried out to determine the Al2O3/water and SiO2/water nanofluids flowing through a circular tube. convective heat transfer performance and pressure drop of Measurements show that the...Experimental investigations were carried out to determine the Al2O3/water and SiO2/water nanofluids flowing through a circular tube. convective heat transfer performance and pressure drop of Measurements show that the addition of small amounts of nano-sized Al2O3 particles to the base fluid increases heat transfer coefficients considerably, while the result for the silica nanofluids contradicts with the alumina nanofluids and this leads to some interesting results. In the case of alumina nanofluids, an average increase of 16% in convective heat transfer coefficient is observed with an average penalty of 28% in pressure drop. Moreover, flow resistance increases significantly compared to the base fluid even at very low concentrations of nanofluids. Finally, measured heat transfer coefficients are compared with predicted ones from the correlation of Shah under the same conditions.展开更多
In a nanoscale friction test,wear of an atomic force microscope(AFM)tip is inevitable.The shape of the worn tip influences the friction force measured.In order to eliminate the influence,nanowear pretreatment should b...In a nanoscale friction test,wear of an atomic force microscope(AFM)tip is inevitable.The shape of the worn tip influences the friction force measured.In order to eliminate the influence,nanowear pretreatment should be conducted for the AFM tip.In our study,pretreatment of three kinds of tips,i.e.Si3N4 tip,Si tip and silica colloidal tip,was performed using AFM.The results show that the shape of the tips changes with the increase of sliding distance,which leads to the variety of friction force.Whereas,when the tip gets blunt,the shape of tip tends to become stable and the friction force becomes stable correspondingly.To a certain degree,it reveals that the pretreated tips can be applied to study the friction force of samples.展开更多
文摘Experimental investigations were carried out to determine the Al2O3/water and SiO2/water nanofluids flowing through a circular tube. convective heat transfer performance and pressure drop of Measurements show that the addition of small amounts of nano-sized Al2O3 particles to the base fluid increases heat transfer coefficients considerably, while the result for the silica nanofluids contradicts with the alumina nanofluids and this leads to some interesting results. In the case of alumina nanofluids, an average increase of 16% in convective heat transfer coefficient is observed with an average penalty of 28% in pressure drop. Moreover, flow resistance increases significantly compared to the base fluid even at very low concentrations of nanofluids. Finally, measured heat transfer coefficients are compared with predicted ones from the correlation of Shah under the same conditions.
基金supported by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(Grant No.50825501)the Science Fund for Creative Research Groups(Grant No.51321092)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51335005)the National Science andTechnology Major Project(Grant No.2008ZX02104-001)
文摘In a nanoscale friction test,wear of an atomic force microscope(AFM)tip is inevitable.The shape of the worn tip influences the friction force measured.In order to eliminate the influence,nanowear pretreatment should be conducted for the AFM tip.In our study,pretreatment of three kinds of tips,i.e.Si3N4 tip,Si tip and silica colloidal tip,was performed using AFM.The results show that the shape of the tips changes with the increase of sliding distance,which leads to the variety of friction force.Whereas,when the tip gets blunt,the shape of tip tends to become stable and the friction force becomes stable correspondingly.To a certain degree,it reveals that the pretreated tips can be applied to study the friction force of samples.