Comparison of theory and direct numerical simulations of drag reduction by rodlike polymers in turbulent channel flows

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Benzi, Roberto ^a   Ching, Emily S C ^b   De Angelis, Elisabetta ^c   Procaccia, Itamar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Università degli Studi di Bologna   (Italy)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

DEBORAH NUMBER (DE); RODLIKE POLYMERS;

DRAG REDUCTION;

EID: 42549137568     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.77.046309     Document Type: Article

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