Polymer-induced drag reduction: Effects of the variations in elasticity and inertia in turbulent viscoelastic channel flow

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2369-2384

  Housiadas, Kostas D ^a   Beris, Antony N ^a  

^a University of Delaware   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; ELASTICITY; POLYMERS; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOELASTICITY;

DRAG REDUCTION;

DRAG;

CHANNEL FLOW; DRAG REDUCTION; POLYMER SOLUTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOELASTIC FLOW;

EID: 0043285872     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1589484     Document Type: Article

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