Scission-induced bounds on maximum polymer drag reduction in turbulent flow

DOI10.1063/1.2042489zbMath1187.76539OpenAlexW2013388669MaRDI QIDQ3557190

Michael J. Solomon, Mohammad Tariqul Islam, Siva A. Vanapalli

Publication date: 22 April 2010

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/87297

zbMATH Keywords

polymersturbulencepipe flowdrag reduction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

Related Items (5)

High-Reynolds-number turbulent boundary layer friction drag reduction from wall-injected polymer solutions ⋮ Diffusion of drag-reducing polymer solutions within a rough-walled turbulent boundary layer ⋮ A model for non-Newtonian flow in porous media at different flow regimes ⋮ Polymer scission in turbulent flows ⋮ Flow-induced degradation of drag-reducing polymer solutions within a high-Reynolds-number turbulent boundary layer

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• Dynamical similarity and dimensionless relations for turbulent drag reduction by polymer additives
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• Degradation accompanying turbulent drag reduction by polymer additives
• Simulated polymer stretch in a turbulent flow using Brownian dynamics
• Measurements of polymer induced drag reduction and polymer scission in Taylor flow using standard double-gap sample holders with axial symmetry

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