Drag reduction fundamentals

1975/07/01 by P. S. Virk · 22 citations
Chemical Engineering · Engineering · Medicine · #Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies #Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows #Blood properties and coagulation

paper · doi:10.1002/aic.690210402

Abstract

Abstract Drag reduction by dilute solutions of linear, random‐coiling macromolecules in turbulent pipe flow is reviewed. The experimental evidence is emphasized in three sections concerned with the graphical display of established features of the phenomenon, data correlation and analysis, and the physical mechanism of drag reduction.

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