Polymer stress statistics in the near-wall turbulent flow of a drag-reducing solution

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1123-1136

  Sibilla, Stefano ^a   Baron, Arturo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; FRICTION; POLYMERS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLUTIONS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSORS; WALL FLOW;

POLYMER DYNAMICS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; DRAG REDUCING ADDITIVE; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POLYMER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0036503930     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1448497     Document Type: Article

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