Numerical simulation of the interactions of highly entangled polymers with coherent structure in a turbulent channel flow

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 589-598

  Hagiwara, Y ^a   Hana, H ^b   Tanaka, M ^a   Murai, S ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KUBOTA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cluster model of beads and springs; Dilute polymer solution; DNS; Eruptive flow; Minor streaks; Turbulent drag reduction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WALL FLOW;

ERUPTIVE FLOW; TURBULENT CHANNEL FLOWS;

CHANNEL FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; DRAG REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; POLYMER SOLUTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0034306767     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-727X(00)00049-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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