
%0 Journal Article
%A Collings, AF 
%A J Evans, Denis 
%T Kirkwood Theory of Shear Viscosity in a Simple Dense Fluid
%J Australian Journal of Physics
%D 1986/12/01
%V 39
%N 6
%P 881-890
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/PH860881
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/PH860881 
%X The molecular theory of momentum transport in dense fluids developed by Kirkwood is examined for the case of the Lennard-lones (12,6) fluid. The radial distribution functions and one-particle friction constants used are based on molecular dynamics studies. Shear viscosity coefficients calculated with elk = 120 K and 0' = 3.405x10- 10 m vary from one-third to two-thirds of comparable experimental data for argon. The significance of an approximate relationship between the pair friction tensor and the one-particle friction constant is discussed. 
