Recent Progress in Polymer Drag Reduction

Abstract

Recent developments on various aspects of polymer friction reduction in turbulent flow are reviewed, with special emphasis on the areas where intensive work is currently under way. Detailed attention is paid to the topics of drag-reducing suspensions, heat transfer in polymer solutions, and the effect of polymers on cavitation, jets, and lift.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA003941

Entities

People

  • J. W. Hoyt

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Channel Flow
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Ethylene Oxide
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Pipe Flow
  • Polymer Degradation
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Reynolds Number
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Polymer Science and Technology
  • Theoretical Analysis.