Turbulent Drag Reduction of polyelectrolyte (DNA) solutions: relation with the elongational viscosity
AMAROUCHENE, Yacine
Laboratoire de Physique Statistique de l'ENS [LPS]
Centre de physique moléculaire optique et hertzienne [CPMOH]
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Laboratoire de Physique Statistique de l'ENS [LPS]
Centre de physique moléculaire optique et hertzienne [CPMOH]
AMAROUCHENE, Yacine
Laboratoire de Physique Statistique de l'ENS [LPS]
Centre de physique moléculaire optique et hertzienne [CPMOH]
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Laboratoire de Physique Statistique de l'ENS [LPS]
Centre de physique moléculaire optique et hertzienne [CPMOH]
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en
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EPL - Europhysics Letters. 2003, vol. 64, p. 823-829
European Physical Society/EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/IOP Publishing
English Abstract
We report measurements of turbulent drag reduction of two different polyelectrolyte solutions: DNA and hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide. Changing the salt concentration in the solutions allows us to change the flexibility of the ...Read more >
We report measurements of turbulent drag reduction of two different polyelectrolyte solutions: DNA and hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide. Changing the salt concentration in the solutions allows us to change the flexibility of the polymer chains. For both polymers the amount of drag reduction was found to increase with the flexibility. Rheological studies reveal that the elongational viscosity of the solutions increases simultaneously. Hence we conclude that the elongational viscosity is the pertinent macroscopic quantity to describe the ability of a polymer to cause turbulent drag reduction.Read less <
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