Nonlinear travelling waves as a framework for understanding turbulent drag reduction

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 565, Issue , 2006, Pages 353-362

  Li, Wei ^a   Xi, Li ^a   Graham, Michael D ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DRAG; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VISCOELASTICITY;

DRAG REDUCTION; FLOW STRUCTURE; NONLINEAR TRAVELLING WAVES; POISEUILLE GEOMETRY; SHEAR RATES; TURBULENT DRAG;

TURBULENT FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DRAG; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOELASTICITY;

DRAG; LAMINAR-TURBULENT TRANSITION; NONLINEAR WAVE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33749337928     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006002138     Document Type: Article

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