Effect of viscoelasticity on the soft-wall transition and turbulence in a microchannel

DOI10.1017/JFM.2016.839zbMath1383.76193OpenAlexW2577830160MaRDI QIDQ5364471

V. Kumaran, S. S. Srinivas

Publication date: 28 September 2017

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2016.839

zbMATH Keywords

instabilitytransition to turbulencecomplex fluids

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Viscoelastic fluids (76A10) Transition to turbulence (76F06)

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