Emergence of chaos in a viscous solution of rods

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作者
Plan, Emmanuel L. C. Vi M. [1 ]
Musacchio, Stefano [1 ]
Vincenzi, Dario [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Cote Azur, CNRS, LJAD, F-06108 Nice, France
关键词
VISCOELASTIC KOLMOGOROV FLOW; TURBULENT DRAG REDUCTION; ELASTIC TURBULENCE; HEAT-TRANSFER; MICROFLUIDICS;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevE.96.053108
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
It is shown that the addition of small amounts of microscopic rods in a viscous fluid at low Reynolds number causes a significant increase of the flow resistance. Numerical simulations of the dynamics of the solution reveal that this phenomenon is associated to a transition from laminar to chaotic flow. Polymer stresses give rise to flow instabilities which, in turn, perturb the alignment of the rods. This coupled dynamics results in the activation of a wide range of scales, which enhances the mixing efficiency of viscous flows.
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