Songping Mo
Soft Matter Center, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Functional Soft Condensed Matter, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
Ting Pan
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Functional Soft Condensed Matter, School of
Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
Zhi Yang
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Functional Soft Condensed Matter, School of
Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
Lisi Jia
School of Material and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Soft Matter, Guangzhou 510006, China
Ying Chen
Soft Matter Center, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Functional Soft Condensed Matter, School of Material and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Soft Condensed Matter, Guangzhou, 510006, China
Nanofluids are nanoparticle suspensions. Viscosity is essential for evaluating the performance of a nanofluid as a flow and heat transfer fluid. In this study, the viscosity of nanofluids with nanoparticles of varying aspect ratio was modeled and compared with the literature. Effect of particle aspect ratio on viscosity of nanofluid was discussed at different particle concentration, aggregation and fractal index. Results show that the effect of aspect ratio
on viscosity of nanofluid is more remarkable at higher particle concentration, aggregation ratio and lower fractal index.