• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.207-216
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• 1993

Experimental investigations have been carried out to find the effect of drag reduction caused by effective polymer additives in turbulent flows. The experiments were undertaken with a test section of 9.8mm pipe diameter and 3500 mm pipe length(L/D=357) in a closed loop, and Copolymer-X and Polyacrylamide(PAAM) were used as polymer additives for comparisons. The tests were carried out under different polymer concentrations, and the temperatures of the flow considered were $26^{\circ}C$, $60^{\circ}C$ at the flow velocity of 5.3 m/s. The rate of drag reduction obtained by Copolymer-X is found to be considerably higher than that of PAAM in turbulent flows. Copolymer-X is also found to be very reliable for mechanical degradation, which has not been the case in any other additives. It is concluded that Copolymer-X is considered to be one of the most effective agents as an additive especially for long time hydraulic transports. It is also found that polymer degradation in more likely at lower polymer concentrations in the turbulent flows.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.135-140
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• 1998

Drag reduction produced by dilute solution of water soluble ionic polymer-surfactant complex under turbulent flow in a rotating disk apparatus(RDA) was investigated in this study. Three different molecular weights of polyacrylic acid(PAA) were adopted as drag reducing additives, and distilled water was used as a solvent. Experiments were undertaken to observe the dependence of drag reduction on various factors such as polymer molecular weight, molecular expansions and flexibility, rotating speed of the disk and polymer concentration. Specific considerations were put on conformational difference between surfactant and polymer, and effect of pH on ionic polymer possessing various molecular conformation through pH. The complex of ionic polymer and surfactant(Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate) behaves like a large polyelectrolyte. Surfactant changes the polymer conformation and then increases the dimension of the polymer. The radius of gyration, hydrodynamic volume and relative viscosity of the polymer-surfactant system are observed to be greater than those of polymer itself. Such surfactant-polymer complex has enhanced drag reduction properties.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.92-100
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• 2018

Vortical systems are considered a main feature to sustain turbulence in a boundary layer through interaction. Such turbulent structures result in frictional drag and erosion or vibration in engineering applications. Research for controlling turbulent flow has been actively carried out, but in order to show the effect of vortices in a turbulent boundary layer, it is necessary to clarify the mechanism by which turbulent energy is transferred. For this purpose, it is convenient to demonstrate and capture phenomena in a laminar boundary layer. Therefore, in this study, the interactions of disturbed flow around a hemisphere on a flat plate in laminar flow were analyzed. In other words, a street of hairpin vortices was generated following a wake region formed after flow separation occurred over a hemisphere. Necklace vortices surrounding the hemisphere also appeared due to a strong adverse pressure gradient that brought high momentum fluid into the wake region thereby leading to an increase in the frequency of hairpin vortices. To mitigate the effect of these necklace vortices, local suction control was applied through a hole in front of the hemisphere. Flow visualization was recorded to qualitatively determine flow modifications, and hot-film measurements quantitatively supported conclusions on how much the power of the hairpin vortices was reduced by local wall suction.