Drag Reduction of Flat Plates with Surface Roughness,

Abstract

The effect on drag reduction of the surface roughness of flat plates was studied. The plates are considered first to be moving in homogeneous polymer solutions and next to be ejecting polymers. It is shown that when the roughness is small relative to the thickness of the viscous sublayer near a smooth surface, the effect of the roughness is also small and can be neglected, whereas larger roughness reduces the effect of the polymers drastically. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0724288

Entities

People

  • Michael Poreh

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Drag
  • Drag Reduction
  • Lepidoptera
  • Physical Properties
  • Roughness
  • Surface Properties
  • Surface Roughness
  • Thickness

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.