title: Maximum drag reduction simulation using rodlike polymers.
abstract: Simulations of maximum drag reduction (MDR) in channel flow using constitutive equations for suspensions of noninteracting rods predict a few-fold larger turbulent kinetic energy than in experiments using rodlike polymers. These differences are attributed to the neglect of interactions between polymers in the simulations. Despite these inconsistencies the simulations correctly reproduce the essential features of MDR, with universal profiles of the mean flow and the shear stress budgets that do not depend on the polymer concentration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 136, 2628 BL Delft, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: J J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Gillissen