Smart control of drag reduction and heat transfer in a channel flow

• Main Authors: Zhou, Tongming., Nguyen, Nam Trung., Leong, Kai Choong.
• 其他作者: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• 格式: Research Report
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2010
• 主題: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• 在線閱讀: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/42324

Since the discovery of the Toms effect (Toms, 1948), polymers as drag-reducing additives have been widely used to reduce the undesired drag that occurs over long-distance transportation of liquids. However, less attention has been focused on this area of research, especially in the case of re circul...