Maximum drag reduction asymptotes and the cross-over to the Newtonian plug

DOI10.1017/S0022112005007950zbMATH Open1085.76004arXivnlin/0405033OpenAlexW2152753188MaRDI QIDQ5289858FDOQ5289858

Authors: Roberto Benzi, Victor S. L'vov, Itamar Procaccia, V. Tiberkevich, E. De Angelis 

Publication date: 19 April 2006

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

Abstract: We employ the full FENE-P model of hydrodynamics of a dilute polymer solutions to derive a theoretical approach to drag reduction in wall bounded turbulence. We recapture the results of a recent simplified theory which derived the universal Maximum Drag Reduction (MDR) asymptote, and complement that theory with a discussion of the cross-over from the MDR to the Newtonian plug when the drag reduction saturates. The FENE-P model gives rise to a rather complex theory due to the interaction of the velocity field with the polymeric conformation tensor, making analytic estimates quite taxing. To overcome this we develop the theory in a computer-assisted manner, checking at each point the analytic estimates by Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS) of viscoelastic turbulence in a channel.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0405033

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zbMATH Keywords

FENE-P modelwall-bounded turbulenceviscoelastic turbulence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Viscoelastic fluids (76A10) Asymptotic methods, singular perturbations applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M45) Control of turbulent flows (76F70)

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