Drag Reduction by Polymer Additives

Abstract

The 1989 JASON Summer Study on Drag Reduction focused on the physics which underlies methods utilizing polymer studies. The study included a review of drag reduction phenomenology, the development of continuum models of the dynamics of dilute polymer solutions, the introduction of a simple theory of poly-hydrodynamic turbulence and a discussion of its implications for grid flows, and consideration of optimizing polymer architecture.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA258867

Entities

People

  • Deborah J. Nelson
  • J. Harvey
  • J. Katz
  • P. Diamond
  • P. Steinhardt

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Crystal Structure
  • Drag
  • Drag Reduction
  • Dynamics
  • Elastic Waves
  • Energy Transfer
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Mechanics
  • Military Research
  • Physics
  • Pipe Flow
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Turbulent Flow

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Theoretical Analysis.