Nonlinear Sciences – Chaotic Dynamics
Scientific paper
2005-05-04
Phys. Rev. Letts., v. 95, 194502, (2005)
Nonlinear Sciences
Chaotic Dynamics
4 pages, 1 fig. Phys. Rev. Letts., submitted
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.194502
Drag reduction by polymers in wall turbulence is bounded from above by a universal maximal drag reduction (MDR) velocity profile that is a log-law, estimated experimentally by Virk as $V^+(y^+)\approx 11.7 \log y^+ -17$. Here $V^+(y)$ and $y^+$ are the mean streamwise velocity and the distance from the wall in "wall" units. In this Letter we propose that this MDR profile is an edge solution of the Navier-Stokes equations (with an effective viscosity profile) beyond which no turbulent solutions exist. This insight rationalizes the universality of the MDR and provides a maximum principle which allows an ab-initio calculation of the parameters in this law without any viscoelastic experimental input.
Benzi Roberto
deAngelis Elisabetta
L'vov Victor S.
Procaccia Itamar
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