Polymers and Plastrons in Parallel Yield Enhanced Turbulent Drag Reduction

Despite polymer additives and superhydrophobic walls being well known as stand-alone methods for frictional drag reduction in turbulent flows, the possibility of employing them simultaneously in an additive fashion has remained essentially unexplored. Through experimental friction measurements in tu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rajappan, Anoop, McKinley, Gareth H.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/131320