Flow-induced degradation of drag-reducing polymer solutions within a high-Reynolds-number turbulent boundary layer

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 670, Issue , 2011, Pages 337-364

  Elbing, Brian R ^a,b   Solomon, Michael J ^a   Perlin, Marc ^a   Dowling, David R ^a   Ceccio, Steven L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

drag reduction; polymers; turbulent boundary layers

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DEGRADATION; FRICTION; MIXING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS); SKIN FRICTION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

DRAG-REDUCING POLYMERS; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER; MEASUREMENT LOCATIONS; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; POLYMER DRAG REDUCTION; POLYMER MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RHEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS;

DRAG REDUCTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; FLOW FIELD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYMER; RESIDENCE TIME; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 79952746675     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010005331     Document Type: Article

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