Drag reduction in turbulent pipe flows of aqueous Xanthan gum solutions

Hsi-An Chiao Tung Ta Hsueh/Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1092-1095

  Zhang, Genguang ^a,b   Zhang, Mingyuan ^a   Yang, Wanying ^a   Zhu, Xianran ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aqueous Xanthan gum solution; Drag reduction; Non Newtonian fluid

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; LAMINAR FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLUTIONS; TURBULENT FLOW;

AQUEOUS XANTHAN GUM SOLUTION; HORIZONTAL PIPE; LAMINAR-TURBULENT TRANSITION; TURBULENT PIPE FLOWS;

DRAG REDUCTION;

EID: 35248839550     PISSN: 0253987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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