Turbulent drag reduction by flexible and rodlike polymers: Crossover effects at small concentrations

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Ching, Emily S C ^a   Lo, T S ^b   Procaccia, Itamar ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NEWTONIAN FLOW; POLYMERS; REDUCTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

MAXIMUM DRAG REDUCTION (MDR); MDR ASYMPTOTES; PHENOMENOLOGY; RODLIKE POLYMERS;

DRAG;

EID: 33747366938     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.74.026301     Document Type: Article

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