The effect of bubbles on the wall drag in a turbulent channel flow

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Lu, Jiacai ^a   Fernández, Arturo ^a   Tryggvason, Gretar ^a  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; DRAG; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FRICTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WALL FLOW;

DEFORMABLE BUBBLES; FRICTION VELOCITY; FRONT TRACKING; WALL DRAG;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

BUBBLE; CHANNEL FLOW; DRAG; TURBULENCE;

EID: 27144457705     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2033547     Document Type: Article

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