Download or read book Turbulent Drag Reduction by Surfactant Additives written by Feng-Chen Li and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turbulent drag reduction by additives has long been a hot research topic. This phenomenon is inherently associated with multifold expertise. Solutions of drag-reducing additives are usually viscoelastic fluids having complicated rheological properties. Exploring the characteristics of drag-reduced turbulent flows calls for uniquely designed experimental and numerical simulation techniques and elaborate theoretical considerations. Pertinently understanding the turbulent drag reduction mechanism necessities mastering the fundamentals of turbulence and establishing a proper relationship between turbulence and the rheological properties induced by additives. Promoting the applications of the drag reduction phenomenon requires the knowledge from different fields such as chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, municipal engineering, and so on. This book gives a thorough elucidation of the turbulence characteristics and rheological behaviors, theories, special techniques and application issues for drag-reducing flows by surfactant additives based on the state-of-the-art of scientific research results through the latest experimental studies, numerical simulations and theoretical analyses. Covers turbulent drag reduction, heat transfer reduction, complex rheology and the real-world applications of drag reduction Introduces advanced testing techniques, such as PIV, LDA, and their applications in current experiments, illustrated with multiple diagrams and equations Real-world examples of the topic’s increasingly important industrial applications enable readers to implement cost- and energy-saving measures Explains the tools before presenting the research results, to give readers coverage of the subject from both theoretical and experimental viewpoints Consolidates interdisciplinary information on turbulent drag reduction by additives Turbulent Drag Reduction by Surfactant Additives is geared for researchers, graduate students, and engineers in the fields of Fluid Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, Turbulence, Chemical Engineering, Municipal Engineering. Researchers and practitioners involved in the fields of Flow Control, Chemistry, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Experimental Fluid Dynamics, and Rheology will also find this book to be a much-needed reference on the topic.
Download or read book Drag Reduction of Turbulent Flows by Additives written by A. Gyr and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drag Reduction of Turbulent Flows by Additives is the first treatment of the subject in book form. The treatment is extremely broad, ranging from physicochemical to hydromechanical aspects. The book shows how fibres, polymer molecules or surfactants at very dilute concentrations can reduce the drag of turbulent flow, leading to energy savings. The dilute solutions are considered in terms of the physical chemistry and rheology, and the properties of turbulent flows are presented in sufficient detail to explain the various interaction mechanisms. Audience: Those active in fundamental research on turbulence and those seeking to apply the effects described. Fluid mechanical engineers, rheologists, those interested in energy saving methods, or in any other application in which the flow rate in turbulent flow should be increased.
Download or read book Turbulent Drag Reduction by Polymers Surfactants and Their Mixtures in Pipeline Flow written by Ali Asghar Mohsenipour and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lthough extensive research work has been carried out on the drag reduction behavior of polymers and surfactants alone, little progress has been made on the synergistic effects of combined polymers and surfactants. A number of studies have demonstrated that certain types of polymers and surfactants interact with each other to form surfactant-polymer complexes. The formation of such complexes can cause changes in the solution properties and may result in better drag reduction characteristics as compared with pure additives. A series of drag-reducing surfactants and polymers were screened for the synergistic studies. The following two widely used polymeric drag reducing agents (DRA) were chosen: a copolymer of acrylamide and sodium acrylate (referred to as PAM) and polyethylene oxide (PEO). Among the different types of surfactants screened, a cationic surfactant octadecyltrimethylammonium chloride (OTAC) and an anionic surfactant Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) were selected for the synergistic study. In the case of the cationic surfactant OTAC, sodium salicylate (NaSal) was used as a counterion. No counterion was used with anionic surfactant SDS. The physical properties such as viscosity, surface tension and electrical conductivity were measured in order to detect any interaction between the polymer and the surfactant. The drag reduction (DR) ability of both pure and mixed additives was investigated in a pipeline flow loop. The effects of different parameters such as additive concentration, type of water (deionized (DI) or tap), temperature, tube diameter, and mechanical degradation were investigated. The addition of OTAC to PAM solution has a significant effect on the properties of the system. The critical micelle concentration (CMC) of the mixed surfactant-polymer system is found to be different from that of the surfactant alone. The anionic PAM chains collapse upon the addition of cationic OTAC and a substantial decrease in the viscosity occurs. The pipeline flow behaviour of PAM/OTAC mixtures is found to be consistent with the bench scale results. The drag reduction ability of PAM is reduced upon the addition of OTAC. At low concentrations of PAM, the effect of OTAC on the drag reduction behavior is more pronounced. The drag reduction behavior of polymer solutions is strongly influenced by the nature of water (de-ionized or tap). The addition of OTAC to PEO solution exhibited a week interaction based on the viscosity and surface tension measurements. However, the pipeline results showed a considerable synergistic effect, that is, the mixed system gave a significantly higher drag reduction (lower friction factors) as compared with the pure additives (pure polymer or pure surfactant). The synergistic effect in the mixed system was stronger at low polymer concentrations and high surfactant concentrations. Also the resistance against mechanical degradation of the additive was improved upon the addition of OTAC to PEO. The mixed PEO/SDS system exhibited a strong interaction between the polymers (PEO) and the surfactant (SDS), Using electrical conductivity and surface tension measurements, the critical aggregation concentration (CAC) and the polymer saturation point (PSP) were determined. As the PEO concentration is increased, the CAC decreases and the PSP increase. The addition of SDS to the PEO solution exhibits a remarkable increase in the relative viscosity compared to the pure PEO solution. This increase is attributed to the changes in the hydrodynamic radius of the polymer coil. The pipeline flow exhibited a considerable increase in DR for the mixed system as compared to the pure PEO solution. The addition of surfactant always improves the extent of DR up to the PSP. Also the mixed PEO/ SDS system shows better resistance against shear degradation of the additive.
Download or read book Turbulent Drag Reduction by Additives written by Dilafruz Kulmatova and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The addition of a minute amount of polymer or surfactant additive to a turbulent fluid flow can result in a large reduction in the frictional drag in pipes and channels. Over the past decades, numerous studies have been carried out on drag reducing additives (DRA). DRA have been successfully applied for potential benefits in various industrial processes, including oil well operations, heating and cooling water circuits, marine and biomedical systems. The use of additives to enhance flow in petroleum pipelines has received the greatest attention due to its great commercial success in reducting cost and energy consumption. Although this effect has been known for almost half a century, the detailed mechanism of drag reduction have still not been clearly identified and is still a subject of ongoing controversy. The aim of this thesis is to develop an understanding of the role of drag reducing agents and to explain the nature of drag reduction mechanism. This could have an impact on the design of efficient pumping systems, the design of drag-reducing agent that are more stable over time, and the modeling of mixing processes that could be an important consideration in designing practical systems.
Download or read book Correlations Among Surfactant Drag Reduction Additive Chemical Structures Rheological Properties and Microstructures in Water and Water co solvent Systems written by Ying Zhang and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Under appropriate conditions, surfactants in water are known to self-assemble into threadlike micelles which reduce the drag of the solution in turbulent flow compared to that of the water solvent at the same flow rate. The phenomenon is called turbulent drag reduction (DR). Using surfactant DR additives (DRA) can save up to 70% pumping energy in turbulent pipe flow water circulating systems, such as district cooling/heating systems, in which a large amount of water is temperature controlled in a central station and recirculated within a district to heat/cool the buildings therein. A new approach to energy saving in district cooling systems is to replace water with 20% ethylene glycol (EG) in water as the cooling medium, which can be cooled down to -5°C (compared to 5°C for water). The coolant typically warms up to 15°C and is then returned to the central station for recooling. The temperature difference for the 20%EG/W medium is 20°C ( -5°C to 15°C), twice as much as the 10°C for water (5°C to 15°C), increasing its cooling capacity and reducing the amount of recirculating coolant and pumping energy needed by about 50%. Pumping energy could be reduced by an additional 50% if effective surfactant DRAs can be used in such mixed solvents. However, co-solvents such as EG are known to inhibit micelle formation which may decrease the effectiveness of DRAs compared to pure water systems. This study investigated and developed effective surfactant DRAs in several water/co-solvent systems at low temperatures. DR, rheological, cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) and 1H NMR experiments are being carried out to develop correlations among DR, rheological properties and micelle microstructures. In addition to the practical application in district cooling systems using EG-water mixed solvent or other co-solvent systems, the results of this study provide more fundamental understanding of the effects of solvent properties on threadlike micelle microstructure, drag reduction and system rheology, which are poorly understood now.
Download or read book Investigations on Drag Reduction by Interactions Between Polymer and Surfactant and Polymer and Polymer written by Jia Yang and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A large amount of studies have been carried out on pipeline flow with several kinds of drag reducing agents, especially polymers and surfactants. Drag reducing agents, by definition, are additives which help suppress or eliminate turbulence in a pipeline. The mechanism and methodology of polymer only or surfactant only as drag reducing additives have been fully discovered. Whether mixed drag reducers such as polymer-surfactant or polymer-polymer systems would be effective is still not clear. In our study, polymer-surfactant and polymer-polymer mixed additives are used in order to explore the synergistic effects and interactions in pipeline flow loops. The experimental work was divided into two sections: bench-scale experiments and pilot-scale experiments. In bench-scale experiments, the properties of prepared fluids such as, surface tension, conductivity and shear viscosity were measured. Several comparison methods and calculations were applied to give better understandings of the properties resulting from mixing of polymer with surfactant and polymer with polymer. After analysis of the properties, several combinations of concentrations were selected and solutions were prepared in the main tank of pilot plant and pumped into the pipeline set-up to test the pipeline flow behaviors. Turbulence structure/Reynolds number, pipe diameter, polymer-surfactant concentration were all considered as influencing factors. Critical micelle concentration, critical aggregation concentration, polymer saturation point, the onset of drag reduction, and the interactions between the mixed additives were discussed. A comparison between pipeline results and the predictions of Blasius Equation or Dodge-Metzner Equation were also discussed.. For polymer-surfactant studies, a commonly used polymer additive - carboxylmethylcellulose (referred to as CMC which is anionic) was selected as the drag reducing agent. The performance of this polymer was investigated in the presence of six surfactants respectively - Alcohol ethoxylate (referred to as Alfonic 1412-9 and Alfonic 1412-3 which are nonionic), Aromox DMC (nonionic surfactant), Stepanol WA-100 and Stepwet DF-95 (which mainly consist sodium lauryl sulfates, anionic surfactant) and Amphosol (which is zwitterionic).The experiments were first conducted with pure CMC solution with different concentrations (100ppm, 500ppm, 700ppm and 1000ppm) as a standard. The 500ppm CMC solution was selected as the best polymer concentration with highest drag reduction efficiency. For polymer-surfactant combinations, CMC-Alfonic 1412-9, CMC-Alfonic1412-3, CMC-Stepanol and CMC-Stepwet systems were found to have significant interactions. High surfactant concentration resulted in reduction in %DR. The addition of Aromox increased the drag reduction ability and onset point when concentration was higher than the polymer saturation points. Also, both hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions were thought to have an effect on critical micelle concentration, which led to the fluctuations in the %DR. For polymer-polymer studies, PAM-PEO system at two different polymer concentrations were investigated. Overall, Pure PAM solution had much higher drag reduction ability than pure PEO solutions. Mixing them together, strong interactions occurred when PEO fraction was high (over 50%) which affected %DR and shear viscosity substantially. Power-law constants n and k were also taken into account and found to exhibit opposite trends with the increase of PEO fraction.
Download or read book Investigating the Degradation Resistance Improvement of the Polymeric Drag Reduction written by Esmail Abdullah Mohammed Basheer and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important practical aspect in the application and study of drag reduction by polymer additives is the degradation of the polymer, for instance due to intense shearing, especially in circulatory flow systems. Such degradation leads to a marked loss of the drag-reducing capability of the polymer. Polymers-Surfactant complex efficacy in reducing the drag and improving the degradation resistance is a new subject in drag reduction research. Turbulent drag reduction (DR) efficacy of ionic Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate (NaPSS) and sodium Alkylbenzene sulfonate, complexes systems regarding polymer-surfactant interaction was examined under a turbulent flow in a rotating disk apparatus, in which the DR efficacy indicates how the torque is being reduced with a tiny amount of additives under a turbulent flow at a fixed rotational speed. It was found that the addition of the surfactant to the ionic increased the polymer chain dimensions via a conformational structural change, thus enhancing the DR efficacy. Polymer-surfactant system also shows that there exists a critical polymer concentration at which the drag reduction becomes a maximum, and then above the critical concentration, the DR efficacy decreases more rapidly than that of pure polymeric systems. On the other hand, it was found that the addition of the surfactant to the ionic polymer enhance its ability to resist the degradation caused by the high shear stress in the eddy flow. The addition of sodium Alkylbenzene sulfonate to the ionic polymer was found to have higher improvement than the addition of DDAB in degradation resistance. The DR and degradation resistance efficacy induced by the polymer-surfactant mixture is found to be obvious higher than of pure polymer. In addition, the maximum of DR efficacy versus polymer concentration occurred at 700 ppm.
Download or read book Interactions Between Drag Reducing Polymers and Surfactants written by Ketan Prajapati and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drag reduction in turbulent pipe flow using polymeric and surfactant additives is well known. Although extensive research work has been carried out on the drag reduction behavior of polymers and surfactants in isolation, little progress has been made on the synergistic effects of combined polymers and surfactants. In this work the interactions between drag-reducing polymers and surfactants were studied. The drag-reducing polymers studied were nonionic polyethylene oxide (referred to as PEO) and anionic copolymer of acrylamide and sodium acrylate (referred to as CPAM). The drag-reducing surfactants studied were nonionic ethoxylated alcohol - Alfonic 1412-7 (referred to as EA), cationic surfactant - Octadecyltrimethylammonium chloride in pure powder form (referred to as OTAC-p) and commercial grade cationic surfactant - Octadecyltrimethylammonium chloride in isopropanol solvent - Arquad 18-50 (referred to as OTAC-s). The interactions between polymers and surfactant were reflected in the measurements of the physical properties such as electrical conductivity, surface tension, viscosity and turbidity. The critical micelle concentration (cmc) of the mixed polymer / surfactant system was found to be different from that of the surfactant alone. The viscosity of a polymer solution was significantly affected by the addition of surfactant. Weak interactions were observed for the mixed systems of nonionic polymer - nonionic surfactant and anionic polymer - nonionic surfactant. Due to the wrapping of polymer chains around the developing micelles, a minimum in the viscosity is observed in these two cases. In the case of nonionic polymer / cationic surfactant system, the change in the viscosity was found to depend on the polymer concentration (C) and the critical entanglement concentration (C*). When the polymer concentration (C) was less than C* (C C*), the plot of the viscosity versus surfactant concentration exhibited a minimum. When C C*, a maximum in the viscosity versus surfactant concentration plot was observed. The interactions between nonionic polymer and cationic surfactant were observed to increase with the increase in temperature. A large drop in the viscosity occurred in the case of anionic-polymer / cationic-surfactant system when surfactant was added to the polymer solution. The observed changes in the viscosity are explained in terms of the changes in the extension of polymeric chains resulting from polymer-surfactant interactions. The anionic CPAM chains collapsed upon the addition of cationic OTAC-p, due to charge neutralization. The presence of counterion sodium salicylate (NaSal) stabilized the cationic surfactant monomers in the solution, resulting in micelle formation at a surfactant concentration well below the concentration where complete charge neutralization of anionic polymer occurred. Preliminary results are reported on the pipeline drag reduction behavior of mixed polymer-surfactant system. The results obtained using combinations of CPAM / OTAC-p in pipeline flow are found to be in harmony with the interaction study. Due to the shrinkage of CPAM chains upon the addition of OTAC-p, the drag reducing ability of CPAM is compromised.
Download or read book Structure of Turbulence and Drag Reduction written by Albert Gyr and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1976 a similar titled IUTAM Symposium (Structure of Turbulence and Drag Reduction) was held in Washington . However, the progress made during the last thirteen years as weil as the much promising current research desired a second one this year. In Washington drag reduction by additives and by direct manipulation of the walls (compliant walls and heated surfaces) were discussed. In the meantime it became evident that drag reduction also occurs when turbulence is influenced by geometrical means, e.g. by influencing the pressure distribution by the shape of the body (airfoils) or by the introduction of streamwise perturbances on a body (riblets). In the recent years turbulence research has seen increasing attention being focused on the investigation of coherent structures, mainly in Newtonian fluids. We all know that these structures are a significant feature of turbulent flows, playing an important role in the energy balance in such flows. However their place in turbulence theories as weil as the factors influencing their development are still poorly understood. Consequently, the investigation of phenomena in which the properties of coherent structures are alte red provides a promising means of improving our understanding of turbulent flows in general.
Download or read book Drag Reduction in Fluid Flows written by Robert H. J. Sellin and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wormlike Micelles written by Cecile A Dreiss and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2017-03-17 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wormlike micelles are elongated flexible self-assembled structures created from the aggregation of amphiphiles and their resulting dynamic networks have gained attention for a number of uses, particularly in the oil industry. Written by experts, Wormlike Micelles describes the latest developments in the field providing an authoritative guide on the subject. The book starts with an introductory chapter giving an overview of the area and then looks at the three key topics of new wormlike micelle systems, characterization and applications. New systems covered in the first part include reverse wormlike micelles and stimuli-responsive wormlike micelles. The second part explores cutting-edge techniques that have led to advances in the understanding of their structure and dynamics, including direct imaging techniques and the combination of rheology with small-angle neutron scattering techniques. Finally, the book reviews their use in oil and gas well treatments as well as surfactant drag reducing solutions. Aimed at postgraduate students and researchers, this text is essential reading for anyone interested in soft matter systems.
Download or read book Studies in Heat Transfer Enhancement in Drag Reducing Solutions written by Ross Bradley Chongson and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drag reduction (DR) by additives typically involves the use of either high molecular weight polymer or surfactants, and can reduce turbulent pressure losses in pipes by up to 90%. These additives, particularly high polymers, have seen considerable use in increasing the throughput of crude oil pipelines. Surfactant additives, while even more effective than their polymer cousins, have not seen widespread adoption despite their applicability to recirculating district heating or cooling networks. Due to their effects on the turbulent structure of pipe flow, drag reducing additives also result in the loss of radial mixing, and thus the suppression of convective heat transfer. This is referred to as the 'heat transfer reduction' (HTR) effect. Under normal conditions, drag reducing additives can reduce convective heat transfer in even greater amounts than they do turbulent pressure losses. Much of the recent research in the field of surfactant drag reduction has, therefore, been dedicated to the mitigation of heat transfer reduction. In this work, two projects are presented which successfully achieve this goal. In the first, a constricted heat exchanger is used to locally increase the shear stresses experienced by the working fluid. Simultaneously, a `weak' drag reducing solution comprised of quaternary ammonium salts with saturated tails 16 and 14 carbons in length and the counterion 3-chlorobenzoic acid. In conjunction with the constricted heat exchanger, this mixture is able to simultaneously generate high (>60%) DR and low (>30%) HTR over a range of flow rates and temperatures. Other unique properties of the system are examined, including switchability and hysteresis. The second study involves the design and application of 'gentle' static mixers. Rather than being designed to destroy the micellar structure thought to be responsible for DR, these mixers are intended to periodically disrupt the thermal boundary layer in the heat exchanger, thus improving heat transfer. Two designs are examined: a finned mixer and a double-helical mixer, both capable of reducing HTR to 30% from a high of 90%. Design considerations were discussed, as well as future goals to further extend the work.
Download or read book New Trends in Fluid Mechanics Research written by F. G. Zhuang and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-04-24 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Fluid Mechanics (ICFM-V), the primary forum for the presentation of technological advances and research results in the fields of theoretical, experimental, and computational Fluid Mechanics. Topics include: flow instability and turbulence, aerodynamics and gas dynamics, industrial and environmental fluid mechanics, biofluid mechanics, geophysical fluid mechanics, plasma and magneto-hydrodynamics, and others.
Download or read book Studies on the Nanostructure Rheology and Drag Reduction Characteristics of Drag Reducing Cationic Surfactant Solutions written by Wu Ge and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: At concentrations above CMC (critical micellization concentration) or temperatures above CMT (critical micellization temperature) surfactant molecules dissolved in aqueous solution self-assemble into colloidal aggregates such as micelles or vesicles. These colloidal aggregates vary in shape and size depending on a number of system conditions such as surfactant molecular structure, surfactant concentration, salt concentration, temperature, etc. Among the variety of micellar structures in solution, wormlike micelles resembling the long chain molecules of high polymers may reduce friction energy loss in turbulent flow by up to 90% at relatively low surfactant concentrations under appropriate flow and temperature conditions. This phenomenon is termed drag reduction (by surfactant additives) and it has significant potential impacts on fluid transport and on the environment. Among surfactant drag reducing additives, cationic surfactants with organic counterions have received the most attention in the past two decades mainly because of their excellent drag reducing ability, broad availability, low concentration requirements and general insensitivity to ionic metal impurities. Typical cationic surfactants studied for drag reduction are quaternary ammonium salts with one long alkyl chain (carbon number from 14 to 22) and methyl or hydroxyethyl groups in the other positions. They are, however, mildly toxic with poor biodegradability, so there is a need to develop more environmentally friendly surfactant drag reducing additives. Other types of surfactants such as anionics, zwitterionics and nonionics have also been studied. To obtain desired drag reducing properties, previous research has been focused on utilizing synergistic effects that may arise when two surfactant species are mixed. Mixed surfactant systems studied for drag reduction included cationic surfactants of mixed alkyl chain lengths, cationic/anionic, nonionic/nonionic, nonionic/anionic and zwitterionic/anionic surfactant mixtures in aqueous solutions and in water/co-solvent systems. Organic counterions added to dilute cationic surfactant aqueous solutions are effective in inducing and stabilizing wormlike micelle formation at relatively low counterion to surfactant molar ratios, thereby promoting their drag reducing effectiveness. The interactions of the cationic surfactant and organic counterion can be enhanced by tuning either or both of them, structurally and/or by concentration and molar ratio, to tailor-make highly efficient drag reducing systems suitable for different applications. Understanding the important role of organic counterions in the dynamics of the formation of cationic surfactant wormlike micelles and their networks is important. In this work, investigations have been conducted in how changes in the organic counterion chemical structure of a series of p-halobenzoates and counterion to surfactant ratio affect zeta potential, nanostructure, drag reduction and rheological properties. Also, certain mixed aromatic counterion systems were studied which showed excellent synergistic effects on promoting wormlike micellar branched networks and enhancing drag reducing effectiveness. In this work, an enclosed rotating disk apparatus was designed and constructed for screening novel surfactant species synthesized in chemistry laboratories. After correlating its drag reducing results with those obtained through the conventional pipe flow test system, this small scale apparatus is capable of testing materials for drag reduction effectiveness independently. A long range goal of this research is to develop effective low concentration surfactant systems with good drag reduction effectiveness. Guided by the correlations and understandings obtained in the past research, in this work, a number of new surfactants or counterions were selected or synthesized for exploratory drag reduction tests.
Download or read book Transition and Turbulence Control written by Mohamed Gad-el-Hak and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2006 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains articles based on lectures given at the Workshop on Transition and Turbulence Control, hosted by the Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore, 8OCo10 December 2004. The lecturers included 13 of the worldOCOs foremost experts in the control of transitioning and turbulent flows. The chapters cover a wide range of subjects in the broad area of flow control, and will be useful to researchers working in this area in academia, government laboratories and industry. The coverage includes control theory, passive, active and reactive methods for controlling transitional and turbulent wall-bounded flows, noise suppression and mixing enhancement of supersonic turbulent jets, compliant coatings, modern flow diagnostic systems, and swept wing instabilities."
Download or read book Viscous Drag Reduction in Boundary Layers written by and published by AIAA. This book was released on 1990 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Drag Reduction by Polymer Additives in a Turbulent Pipe Flow written by Jacob Marinus Jan den Toonder and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: