To determine whether drag reduction is the result of turbulence dampening per se, the decay characteristic of a free turbulent jet was investigated. The work was suggested by recent boundary-layer studies showing that fluid drag reduction is caused by the presence of high-molecular-weight polymers in solution. The jet, having all the properties associated with turbulence except those caused by the presence of a wall, provided an ideal tool for the experiment. It was found that in a water solution of drag-reducing polymer, shear stress was reduced in the nozzle but not in the free jet. Drag reduction was therefore concluded to be a phenomenon of the wall because the character of the turbulence that is beyond the influence of the wall resembles the character of the turbulence in a free jet, which was found to be unaffected by the drag-reducing agent.


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    Titel :

    Drag-reducing fluids in a free turbulent jet


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    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.04.1967


    Format / Umfang :

    8 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch


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