A friction factor bound for transitional pipe flow

DOI10.1063/1.1828103zbMath1187.76420MaRDI QIDQ3554790

R. R. Kerswell, S. C. Plasting

Publication date: 22 April 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1828103

zbMATH Keywords

laminar flow; friction; pipe flow; viscosity; numerical analysis; flow instability; rotational flow; poiseuille flow; surface waves (fluid)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76-XX: Fluid mechanics

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