Turbulent pipe flow of a drag-reducing rigid ``rod-like polymer solution

DOI10.1016/j.jnnfm.2009.04.008zbMath1178.76029OpenAlexW2161243382MaRDI QIDQ1046023

M. P. Escudier, A. Japper-Jaafar, Robert J. Poole

Publication date: 21 December 2009

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2009.04.008

zbMATH Keywords

pipe flowdrag reductionLDArigid-rod polymer solutions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Non-Newtonian fluids (76A05) Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Shear flows and turbulence (76F10)

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