Polymer mixing in shear-driven turbulence

DOI10.1017/S0022112007007033zbMath1123.76006MaRDI QIDQ5308079

Ashish Robert, T. Vaithianathan, Lance R. Collins, James G. Brasseur

Publication date: 26 September 2007

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

zbMATH Keywords

drag reduction; vertical velocity fluctuations; finite extensible nonlinear elastic model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76A05: Non-Newtonian fluids

76F10: Shear flows and turbulence

76F25: Turbulent transport, mixing

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