TOWARDS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF POLYMER DRAG REDUCTION IN TURBULENT WALL BOUNDED FLOWS

MTFC RESEARCH GROUP TOWARDS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF POLYMER DRAG REDUCTION IN TURBULENT WALL-BOUNDED FLOWS Vincent E. Terrapon, Yves Dubief, Chris M. White & Eric S.G. Shaqfeh “Polymers in Fluids” Nice, 14-15 November 2011

• drag reduction


• flows


• without polymer additives


• far only observed


• prandtl-karman coordinates


• turbulent wall-bounded