AMAROUCHENE, Yacine; BONN, Daniel; KELLAY, Hamid; LO, Ting-Shek; L'VOV, Victor S.; PROCACCIA, Itamar

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AMAROUCHENE, Yacine
Centre de physique moléculaire optique et hertzienne [CPMOH]

BONN, Daniel
University of Amsterdam Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute [VAN DER WAALS-ZEEMAN INSTITUTE]
Laboratoire de Physique Statistique de l'ENS [LPS]
Department of Chemical Physics

KELLAY, Hamid
Centre de physique moléculaire optique et hertzienne [CPMOH]

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Physics of Fluids. 2006, vol. 20, n° 6, p. 065108 (1-8)

American Institute of Physics

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We present experimental and theoretical results addressing the Reynolds number (Re) dependence of drag reduction by sufficiently large concentrations of rod-like polymers in turbulent wall-bounded flows. It is shown that when Re is small the drag is {\em enhanced}. On the other hand when Re increases the drag is reduced and eventually the Maximal Drag Reduction (MDR) asymptote is attained. The theory is shown to be in excellent agreement with experiments, rationalizing and explaining all the universal and the non-universal aspects of drag reduction by rod-like polymers.< Leer menos

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Reynolds number dependence of drag reduction by rodlike polymers

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