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Drag Reduction of Complex Mixtures

  • 1st Edition - June 15, 2018
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Keizo Watanabe
  • Language: English

Drag Reduction of Complex Mixtures discusses the concept of drag reduction phenomena in complex mixtures in internal and external flows that are shown experimentally by dividing… Read more

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Description

Drag Reduction of Complex Mixtures discusses the concept of drag reduction phenomena in complex mixtures in internal and external flows that are shown experimentally by dividing flow patterns into three categories. The book is intended to support further experiments or analysis in drag reduction. As accurately modeling flow behavior with drag reduction is always complex, and since drag reducing additives or solid particles are mixed in fluids, this book covers these complex phenomena in a concise, but comprehensive manner.

Key features

  • Comprehensively addresses a range of drag reduction themes involving different kinds of complex mixtures
  • Provides data to support further experimentation and computer modeling of drag in complex flow
  • Includes an introduction to the nature and characteristics of different kinds of complex mixtures

Readership

Graduate students and researchers of mechanical engineering with a focus on flow control, rheology, non-Newtonian fluids, or complex mixtures. Chemical Engineering graduate students and researchers with an interest in polymer drag reduction. Also corporate R&D and research centres focused on complex flow problems in petrochemical or food science

Table of contents

Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Basic Concept of Complex Mixtures IntroductionClassification of Complex MixturesFlow Characteristics of Complex Mixtures Summary ReferenceChapter 3 Basic Concepts and Equations of Newtonian Fluid FlowIntroductionThe Equation of Continuity The Equation of Motion Summary ReferenceChapter 4 Drag Reduction of Heterogeneous FlowIntroductionLiquid-Solid Mixtures Flow    Gas-Solid Mixtures Flow Summary Reference    Chapter 5 Drag Reduction of Pseudo-Homogeneous FlowIntroductionRheological Equations of the Mixtures Flow of Fine Particle Suspensions Flow in a PipeFlow in a Divergent ChannelFlow past a Sphere Measurements for Drag and Lift acting on a Sphere ParticleSummary Reference Chapter 6 Drag Reduction of Homogeneous FlowIntroductionFlow of Polymer SolutionsFlow of Bio-Polymer SolutionsFlow of Surfactant SolutionsSummary ReferenceAppendix

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 20, 2018
  • Language: English

About the author

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Keizo Watanabe

Keizo Watanabe is Professor Emeritus at Tokyo Metropolitan University, and President of the Research Society for the Effective Utilization of Fluid Energy (RSEUFE).
Affiliations and expertise
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Research Society for the Effective Utilization of Fluid Energy

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