Drag reduction by polymers in wall bounded turbulence

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 24, 2004, Pages

  L'Vov, Victor S ^a   Pomyalov, Anna ^a   Procaccia, Itamar ^a   Tiberkevich, Vasil ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; POLYMERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY; WALL FLOW;

DRAG REDUCTION; LONG CHAIN POLYMERS; MOMENTUM FLUX; WALL BOUNDED TURBULENCE;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 3242690816     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.244503     Document Type: Article

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