Dynamical similarity and dimensionless relations for turbulent drag reduction by polymer additives

DOI10.1016/S0377-0257(97)00093-1zbMATH Open0973.76507MaRDI QIDQ1297516FDOQ1297516

V. N. Kalashnikov

Publication date: 20 November 2001

Published in: Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

drag reductionWeissenberg numbershear-thinning viscosityhigh-molecular-weight polymer solutionspolyethylene oxidepolyisobutylene in kerosenerelative difference in limiting viscocitiesrotational apparatus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60) Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Shear flows and turbulence (76F10)

Cited In (3)

• Scission-induced bounds on maximum polymer drag reduction in turbulent flow
• High-Reynolds-number turbulent boundary layer friction drag reduction from wall-injected polymer solutions
• Flow-induced degradation of drag-reducing polymer solutions within a high-Reynolds-number turbulent boundary layer

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