On turbulent kinetic energy production and dissipation in dilute polymer solutions

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Liberzon, A ^a   Guala, M ^b   Kinzelbach, W ^b   Tsinober, A ^a,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drag reduction; Polymer solutions; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

DRAG; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW OF WATER; POLYMERS; TURBULENT FLOW; WALL FLOW; DRAG REDUCTION; KINETICS; QUAY WALLS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATING DISKS; STRAIN RATE; TENSORS; VELOCITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

DRAG REDUCTION; POLYMER SOLUTIONS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; DILUTE POLYMER SOLUTIONS; FLUCTUATING VELOCITIES; PARTICLE TRACKING VELOCIMETRY; RATE-OF-STRAIN TENSORS; REYNOLDS STRESS TENSORS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL TURBULENT FLOW; WALL-BOUNDED TURBULENT FLOWS;

KINETIC ENERGY;

DRAG; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW OF WATER; KINETIC ENERGY; POLYMERS; TURBULENT FLOW; WALL FLOW;

EID: 33846120069     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2397536     Document Type: Article

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