Reynolds-number dependence of turbulence structures in a drag-reducing surfactant solution channel flow investigated by particle image velocimetry

DOI10.1063/1.1941366zbMath1187.76306OpenAlexW2006095446MaRDI QIDQ3555174

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Publication date: 22 April 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1941366

zbMATH Keywords

laminar flowchannel flowviscoelasticitydrag reductionboundary layer turbulencerheologynon-Newtonian flowsurfactantsflow visualisationorganic compoundsshear turbulencelaminar to turbulent transitions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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Direct numerical simulation of the drag-reducing turbulent boundary layer of viscoelastic fluid ⋮ Turbulence statistics and structures of drag-reducing turbulent boundary layer in homogeneous aqueous surfactant solutions ⋮ Study on the characteristics of turbulent drag-reducing channel flow by particle image velocimetry combining with proper orthogonal decomposition analysis ⋮ DNS study of decaying homogeneous isotropic turbulence with polymer additives ⋮ A direct comparison of turbulence in drag-reduced flows of polymers and surfactants

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