Polymer induced drag reduction in exact coherent structures of plane Poiseuille flow

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Li, Wei ^a   Graham, Michael D ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; LAMINAR FLOW; POLYMERS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR DEFORMATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOELASTICITY;

POISEUILLE FLOW; REYNOLDS SHEAR STRESS; WEISSENBERG NUMBER;

DRAG REDUCTION;

CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; DRAG REDUCTION; LAMINAR FLOW; POLYMERS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR DEFORMATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 35348883286     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2748443     Document Type: Article

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