<p> A series capillary viscometer has been used to measure the viscosity of nitrogen and air over a temperature range of 100 to 400°K and to pressures of 150 atmospheres. </p> <p>The low pressure results have been correlated using a modified Sutherland equation of the form: n = C1T^C2 / T+C3 </p> <p> Intermolecular force constants have been computed for nitrogen using the Chapman Enskog collision theory approach.</p> <p> The viscosity in the dense gas region was correlated using equations of the form n-no = A1ρ + A2ρ^2 and thus overall equations for viscosity as a function of temperature and density were formulated as n = C1T^C2 / T+C3 +A1ρ + A2ρ^2 </p> <p> These equations were used to generate tables of smoothed values of viscosity as a function of pressure and temperature.</p> / Thesis / Master of Engineering (MEngr)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:mcmaster.ca/oai:macsphere.mcmaster.ca:11375/20123 |
| Date | 09 1900 |
| Creators | Saunders, Michael William |
| Contributors | Latto, Brian, Mechanical Engineering |
| Source Sets | McMaster University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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