A comparison of the value of viscosity for several water models using Poiseuille flow in a nano-channel

Journal article (2012)
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Process and Energy (Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering) (TU Delft)
Copyright: American Institute of Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/doi:10.1063/1.3697977
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02-04-2012

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Journal of Chemical Physics, 136 (13), 2012

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Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

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Process and Energy

Abstract

The viscosity-temperature relation is determined for the water models SPC/E, TIP4P, TIP4P/Ew, and TIP4P/2005 by considering Poiseuille flow inside a nano-channel using molecular dynamics. The viscosity is determined by fitting the resulting velocity profile (away from the walls) to the continuum solution for a Newtonian fluid and then compared to experimental values. The results show that the TIP4P/2005 model gives the best prediction of the viscosity for the complete range of temperatures for liquid water, and thus it is the preferred water model of these considered here for simulations where the magnitude of viscosity is crucial. On the other hand, with the TIP4P model, the viscosity is severely underpredicted, and overall the model performed worst, whereas the SPC/E and TIP4P/Ew models perform moderately.

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