A low Reynolds number turbulence closure for viscoelastic fluids

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 154, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 89-108

  Pinho, F T ^a,b   Li, C F ^c   Younis, B A ^d   Sureshkumar, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

DNS; Drag reduction; FENE P; Turbulence model; Viscoelastic; Viscoelastic stress work

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; DRAG; DRAG REDUCTION; ELASTICITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FORECASTING; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MIXED CONVECTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; POLYMER SOLUTIONS; POLYMERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY;

CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONSHIPS; CRITICAL EVALUATION; DILUTE POLYMER SOLUTIONS; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; DNS; DNS DATA; FENE-P; FINITELY EXTENSIBLE NONLINEAR ELASTIC; FLUID RHEOLOGY; GEOMETRIC PARAMETERS; HIGHER-ORDER; LOW-REYNOLDS NUMBER; MODEL EQUATIONS; MODEL PREDICTIONS; POLYMER CONFORMATIONS; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; TURBULENCE MODEL; TURBULENT DRAG REDUCTION; VISCO-ELASTIC FLUIDS; VISCOELASTIC; VISCOELASTIC STRESS WORK;

TURBULENCE MODELS;

EID: 50149087292     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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