Convective heat transfer enhancement in drag reducing channel flow

• Main Author: Muhammad Jemal Amsah.
• Other Authors: Leong Kai Choong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16360
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Polymers and surfactants are commonly used to reduce the fluid flow drag in a channel flow. The discovery of the Tom’s effect [3], where polymers can be used as drag reducing additives, have opened up avenues for reducing undesired drag of fluid flow that occurs over long distance transportation. Th...