Mechanics and prediction of turbulent drag reduction with polymer additives

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 40, Issue , 2008, Pages 235-256

  White, Christopher M ^a   Mungal, M Godfrey ^b  

^a Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Flow control; Shear stress; Viscoelastic

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG REDUCTION; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERS; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; WALL FLOW;

DYNAMICAL INTERACTION; HIGH-MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMER;

FLOW CONTROL;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG REDUCTION; FLOW CONTROL; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERS; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; WALL FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER; DRAG; FLOW CONTROL; POLYMER; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOELASTIC FLUID;

EID: 39049131302     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fluid.40.111406.102156     Document Type: Review

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