FLUID DYNAMICS APPROACH TO TOMS EFFECT

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LOCKETT, FJ
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[1] Division of Numerical and Applied Mathematics, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington
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10.1038/222937a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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Research on the stability of flows of viscoelastic fluids suggests a possible mechanism by which viscoelasticity can reduce turbulent drag. Analysis of the development of turbulence remains to be done, but experimental evidence seems to support the proposals made here. The disparity between previous work in fluid dynamics and the experimental findings of the Toms effect may be explained in the context of the present proposals. © 1969 Nature Publishing Group.
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