A corrected second-order slip boundary condition is proposed to solve the Navier-Stokes equations for fluid flows confined in parallel-plate nanochannels. Compared with the classical second-order slip boundary condition proposed by Beskok and Karniadakis, the corrected slip boundary condition is not only dependent on the Knudsen number and the tangential momentum accommodation coefficient, but also dependent on the relative position of the slip surface in the Knudsen layer. For the fluid flows in slip-flow regime with the Knudsen number less than 0.3, Couette cell is investigated using molecular-dynamics simulations to verify Newtonian flow behaviors by examining the constitutive relationship between shear stress and strain rate. By comparing the velocity profiles of Poiseuille flows predicted from the Navier-Stokes equations with the corrected slip boundary condition with that from molecular-dynamics simulations, it is found that the flow behaviors in our models can be effectively captured.

• Received 3 February 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.81.066303