Spatiotemporal Signatures of Elastoinertial Turbulence

The addition of small amounts of polymers to a Newtonian solvent makes the fluid viscoelastic, and can lead to significant drag reduction in high-speed flows. The interaction of viscoelasticity and inertia in a dilute polymer solution results in the emergence of unique inertioelastic instabilities....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yamani, Sami
Other Authors: Bischofberger, Irmgard
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2025
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/158324