Mathematical and mechanical modeling of nano particulate flow

纳米颗粒是许多新技术的基础，包括电子工业中的涂层、复合材料以及医疗和制药应用。世界范围内的工业竞争越来越取决于我们处理这种高凝聚力材料的能力，以及利用其新的物理、化学和机械特性的能力。设计处理机制和理解纳米颗粒流动取决于制定准确的数学模型，反映正确的基础物理。该APF提案将利用先进的连续介质力学来发展正确的潜在概念，以解决基本的纳米力学颗粒流动，这将导致下一代工程工具。

Nano particulates are the basis for many new technologies, including coatings in the electronics industry, composite materials and medical and pharmaceutical applications. Worldwide industrial competition is increasingly determined by our capacity to handle such highly cohesive materials, and to exploit their novel physical, chemical and mechanical characteristics. Devising handling mechanisms and understanding nano particulate flows depends on formulating accurate mathematical models which reflect the correct underlying physics. This APF proposal will utilise advanced continuum mechanics to develop the correct underlying conceptual ideas to resolve fundamental nanomechanical particulate flows, which will lead to the next generation of engineering tools.