| TYPE | Theor./Math. Physics Seminar |
| Speaker: | Itzhak Fouxon |
| Affiliation: | Tel Aviv University |
| Organizer: | Eric Akkermans |
| Date: | 06.11.2011 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Location: | Lewiner Seminar Room (412) |
| Abstract: | About 60 years ago it was discovered that one can bring macroscopic
changes in the turbulent flow of fluids by adding just a minute amount
of polymers. Since then the phenomenon found many applications where
the most famous one is the drag reduction: polymers help to
lower the losses in the fluids' transfer in pipelines significantly.
The complete understanding of the polymers' influence on the
flow is still lacking. One thing is clear: this is a transition
phenomenon where polymers are negligible when turbulence is not sufficiently strong and become important otherwise. In this talk I will describe
recent progress understanding the transition. |