The onset of drag reduction by dilute polymer additives, and the maximum drag reduction asymptote

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 409, Issue , 2000, Pages 149-164

  Sreenivasan, Katepalli R ^a   White, Christopher M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG REDUCING ADDITIVE; PIPE FLOW; POLYMER;

EID: 0033912609     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112099007818     Document Type: Article

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