On the rheological nature of drag reduction phenomena

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 153-162

  Gyr, A ^a   Tsinober, A ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Drag reduction; Momentum deficient; Rheological

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PIPE FLOW; RHEOLOGY; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

DRAG REDUCTION; MOMENTUM DEFICIT;

DRAG;

DRAG REDUCTION; RHEOLOGY;

DRAG; MOMENTUM DEFICIT; REDUCTION; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0031278511     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0257(97)00055-4     Document Type: Article

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