Prandtl Number in Classical Hard-Sphere and One-Component Plasma Fluids

Optimal packing of polydisperse hard-sphere fluids

We consider the effect of intermolecular interactions on the optimal size-distribution of N hard spheres that occupy a fixed total volume. When we minimize the free-energy of this system, within the Percus–Yevick approximation, we find that no solution exists beyond a quite low threshold (h'0.260). Monte Carlo simulations reveal that beyond this density, the size-distribution becomes bimodal. S...

Binary hard-sphere fluids near a hard wall

By using the Rosenfeld density functional, we determine the number density profiles of both components of binary hard-sphere fluids close to a planar hard wall as well as the corresponding excess coverage and surface tension. The comparison with published simulation data demonstrates that the Rosenfeld functional, both its original version and sophistications thereof, is superior to previous ap...

Novel Convective Instabilities of Low- to Moderate-prandtl Number Fluids

LOWTO MODERATE-PRANDTL NUMBER FLUIDS Guy Metcalfe Division of Building, Construction and Engineering CSIRO Highett, Victoria AUSTRALIA R.P. Behringer Dept. of Physics and Center for Nonlinear and Complex Systems Duke University Durham, North Carolina USA to be given at the 12th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Sydney Australia December 10{15 1995 ABSTRACT Super uid mixtures have Prandtl...

The phase behavior of linear and partially flexible hard-sphere chain fluids and the solubility of hard spheres in hard-sphere chain fluids.

The liquid crystal phase behavior of linear and partially flexible hard-sphere chain fluids and the solubility of hard spheres in hard-sphere chain fluids are studied by constant pressure Monte Carlo simulations. An extensive study on the phase behavior of linear fluids with a length of 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 20 beads is carried out. The phase behavior of partially flexible fluids...

On the classical two-dimensional one-component Coulomb plasma