A study of the effect of polymer solution in promoting friction reduction in turbulent channel flow

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 491-505

  Cunha, F R ^a   Andreotti, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Drag reduction; Extensional viscosity; Macromolecules; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CHANNEL FLOW; DRAG REDUCTION; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; STATISTICS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EXTENSIONAL VISCOSITY; FLOW STATISTICS; POLYACRYLAMIDE (PAMA); THEORETICAL MODELS; TURBULENT FLUCTUATIONS;

PIPE;

EID: 34248195543     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2436579     Document Type: Article

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