Experimental Study of Polymer Drag Reduction in a Turbulent Channel Flow

Proceedings of the ASME/JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference

Volumn 2 A, Issue , 2003, Pages 753-761

  Shen, Xiaochun ^a   Kim, Kihyun ^a   Miller, Jamison L ^a   Sun Chee Fore, Ryan ^a   Sirviente, Ana I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COPOLYMERS; DRAG; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

DRAG REDUCTION; POLYMER SOLUTIONS;

CHANNEL FLOW;

EID: 0347534662     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/fedsm2003-45658     Document Type: Conference Paper

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