Drag reduction by polymer additives from turbulent spectra
Fluid Dynamics
2015-05-18 v3 Soft Condensed Matter
Abstract
We extend the analysis of the friction factor for turbulent pipe flow reported by G. Gioia, P. Chakraborty and N. Goldenfeld (GCG) (G. Gioia and P. Chakraborty, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 044502 (2006), N. Goldenfeld, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 044503 (2006)) to the case where drag is reduced by polymer additives.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1005.0400,
title = {Drag reduction by polymer additives from turbulent spectra},
author = {Esteban Calzetta},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.0400},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
19 pages, major changes, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. E