Addition of a small amount of very large polymer molecules or micelle-forming surfactants to
a liquid can dramatically reduce the energy dissipation it exhibits in the turbulent flow …

Direct numerical simulations (DNS) of polymer induced drag reduction in turbulent channel
flows up to the maximum drag reduction (MDR) limit have been performed using a fully …

The Oldroyd-B fluid has become the starting point for almost all complex flow calculations
and analysis involving the behavior of dilute polymer solutions. The reasons for this are …

Mathematical Modeling for Complex Fluids and Flows provides researchers and
engineering practitioners encountering fluid flows with state-of-the-art knowledge in …

The conveyance of fluids from one terminal to another incurs considerable expenses
primarily due to the significant costs associated with addressing pressure losses arising from …

We report laser Doppler anemometry (LDA) measurements of mean velocity and turbulence
structure for fully-developed turbulent flow through a rectangular duct of aqueous solutions …

A novel eddy viscosity model for predicting friction drag reduction induced by polymers in
turbulent wall-bounded flows is presented. The approach is based on the elliptic relaxation …

In this work, an improved anisotropic k-ε-v 2-f model based on the finite extensible nonlinear
elastic model with the Peterlin approximation for viscoelastic channel flows is proposed. This …

A Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equation framework is developed for modeling
polymer-induced turbulent drag reduction by utilizing the finitely extensible nonlinear elastic …

A new low-Reynolds-number k–ε turbulence model is developed for flows of viscoelastic
fluids described by the finitely extensible nonlinear elastic rheological constitutive equation …