The influence of a drag-reducing surfactant on a turbulent velocity field

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 388, Issue , 1999, Pages 1-20

  Warholic, Michael D ^a   Schmidt, Gavin M ^a   Hanratty, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; DRAG; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

DRAG-REDUCING SURFACTANTS; FIXED VOLUMETRIC FLOWS; REYNOLDS SHEAR STRESS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0032637927     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112099004498     Document Type: Article

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