Elastic energy transfer by flexible polymers in fluid turbulence

Eberhard Bodenschatz, Heng Dong Xi, Haitao Xu

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Abstract

We present a study of the energy transfer in the bulk of a turbulent flow with dilute long-chain polymer additives. Based on prior work by de Gennes and Tabor [1, 2] we introduce a theory that balances the energy flux through the turbulent cascade with that of the energy flux into the elastic degrees of freedom of the dilute polymer solution. We propose a refined elastic length scale, rε, which describes the effect of polymer elasticity on the turbulence energy cascade. Our experimental results agree excellently with this new energy flux balance theory.

Original languageEnglish
StatePublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event14th European Turbulence Conference, ETC 2013 - Lyon, France
Duration: 1 Sep 20134 Sep 2013

Conference

Conference14th European Turbulence Conference, ETC 2013
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityLyon
Period1/09/134/09/13

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