Drag Reduction by a Linear Viscosity Profile

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2004-01-07

arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0401005v1

Phys. Rev. E, 70, 055301(R), (2004)

Nonlinear Sciences

Chaotic Dynamics

4 pages, 5 figures, JFM, submitted

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.70.055301

Drag reduction by polymers in turbulent flows raises an apparent contradiction: the stretching of the polymers must increase the viscosity, so why is the drag reduced? A recent theory proposed that drag reduction in agreement with experiments is consistent with the effective viscosity growing linearly with the distance from the wall. With this self consistent solution the reduction in the Reynolds stress overwhelms the increase in viscous drag. In this Letter we show, using Direct Numerical Simulations, that a linear viscosity profile indeed reduces the drag in agreement with the theory and in close correspondence with direct simulations of the FENE-P model at the same flow conditions.

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