Pith. sign in

REVIEW 2 major objections 1 minor 71 references

Numerical simulation of dilute polymeric fluids with memory effects in the turbulent flow regime

T0 review · 2 major / 1 minor · reviewed 2026-05-23 · grok-4.3

Pith's one-line read Optimal Hermite scaling equates the reduced macroscopic model to the full micro-macro system for time-fractional polymeric fluids.

desk verdict The convergence rates independent of fractional order are a real technical step, but the optimal Hermite scaling is only proven for analytical-solution cases so the turbulent drag-reduction claims rest on an unverified extension. read the letter →

arxiv 2411.17294 v1 pith:6CUGOETZ submitted 2024-11-26 math.NA cs.NAphysics.flu-dyn

classification math.NAcs.NAphysics.flu-dyn
keywords time-fractionalNavier-Stokes-Fokker-PlanckHermitespectralmethodpolymericfluidsturbulentflowmemoryeffectsdragreductionnumericalconvergencemacroscopic
verification ladder T0 review T1 audit T2 compute T3 formal

The pith

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The reading

The paper develops a numerical method for the high-dimensional, history-dependent time-fractional Navier-Stokes-Fokker-Planck system that models dilute polymeric fluids with memory in turbulent flow. The Fokker-Planck configuration space is reduced via the Hermite spectral method, and an optimal scaling parameter is proven to exist that makes the resulting macroscopic equations equivalent to the original coupled micro-macro problem. Second-order time integration with extrapolation of coupling terms then delivers convergence rates independent of the fractional derivative order. Efficient implementation permits two- and three-dimensional turbulent simulations, which show that the included memory effects weaken the drag reduction otherwise produced by polymer molecules.

What carries the argument

Hermite spectral method on the Fokker-Planck configuration space together with an optimal scaling parameter that renders the reduced macroscopic system equivalent to the coupled micro-macro formulation.

What would settle it

A side-by-side run of the reduced macroscopic scheme and the full micro-macro scheme on an identical small turbulent test case, checking whether the solutions agree to within the expected temporal convergence tolerance.

Watch

Extended reading notes

Core claim

With this choice, the macroscopic system is equivalent to solving the coupled micro-macro system. We apply second-order time integration and extrapolation of the coupling terms, achieving, for the first time, convergence rates for the fully coupled time-fractional system independent of the order of the time-fractional derivative. Numerical simulations show that memory effects weaken the drag-reducing effect of added polymer molecules in the turbulent flow regime.

Load-bearing premise

The time-fractional Navier-Stokes-Fokker-Planck model accurately represents memory in real dilute polymeric fluids, and the Hermite reduction with optimal scaling preserves all relevant turbulent physics without uncontrolled errors.

Share X Bluesky LinkedIn Reddit HN

Editorial analysis

A structured set of objections, weighed in public.

Desk editor's note, referee report, simulated authors' rebuttal, and a circularity audit.

Referee Report

2 major / 1 minor

Summary. The paper develops a Hermite spectral reduction of the time-fractional Navier-Stokes-Fokker-Planck system for dilute polymeric fluids, proves existence of an optimal scaling parameter that renders the resulting macroscopic model equivalent to the coupled micro-macro system (based on scenarios with available analytical solutions), applies second-order time integration with extrapolation to obtain convergence rates independent of the fractional order, and performs 2D/3D turbulent simulations concluding that memory effects weaken polymer drag reduction.

Significance. If the claimed equivalence between the reduced macroscopic model and the original micro-macro system holds in the turbulent regime without analytical solutions, and if the reported convergence rates are verified, the work would supply an efficient numerical framework for history-dependent polymeric turbulence that could be used to test the physical effect of memory on drag reduction.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract / Hermite reduction section] Abstract and the section describing the Hermite reduction: the existence of an optimal scaling is proved only for scenarios possessing closed-form analytical solutions; the manuscript does not supply a separate argument or numerical test showing that the same scaling renders the macroscopic system equivalent to the micro-macro system in the turbulent regime (where no analytical solutions exist). This equivalence is load-bearing for both the convergence-rate claim and the reliability of the drag-reduction observations.
  2. [Numerical results / turbulent simulations] Numerical results section: the reported convergence rates independent of the fractional order and the physical conclusion on weakened drag reduction rest on the reduced model; without additional verification (e.g., comparison against a reference micro-macro solver on a turbulent test case or an a-posteriori error indicator), it is unclear whether uncontrolled approximation errors remain after the scaling choice.
minor comments (1)
  1. The manuscript would benefit from an explicit statement of the precise norm in which the optimal scaling is proved to cancel the approximation error.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

2 responses · 1 unresolved

We thank the referee for the careful reading and constructive comments. We address each major comment below, acknowledging the scope of our results as presented in the manuscript.

read point-by-point responses
  1. Referee: [Abstract / Hermite reduction section] Abstract and the section describing the Hermite reduction: the existence of an optimal scaling is proved only for scenarios possessing closed-form analytical solutions; the manuscript does not supply a separate argument or numerical test showing that the same scaling renders the macroscopic system equivalent to the micro-macro system in the turbulent regime (where no analytical solutions exist). This equivalence is load-bearing for both the convergence-rate claim and the reliability of the drag-reduction observations.

    Authors: We agree that the existence of an optimal scaling parameter and the resulting equivalence between the reduced macroscopic model and the coupled micro-macro system is proved only for scenarios with closed-form analytical solutions, as stated in the manuscript. No separate argument or numerical test is provided for the turbulent regime. The scaling derived from analytical cases is applied to the turbulent simulations based on the consistency of the Hermite spectral reduction. In the revised manuscript we will add explicit discussion clarifying this limitation and the rationale for the choice of scaling in the absence of analytical solutions. revision: partial

  2. Referee: [Numerical results / turbulent simulations] Numerical results section: the reported convergence rates independent of the fractional order and the physical conclusion on weakened drag reduction rest on the reduced model; without additional verification (e.g., comparison against a reference micro-macro solver on a turbulent test case or an a-posteriori error indicator), it is unclear whether uncontrolled approximation errors remain after the scaling choice.

    Authors: Convergence rates independent of the fractional order are shown on test problems possessing analytical solutions. The turbulent simulations and the conclusion on weakened drag reduction are performed with the reduced model using the scaling from the analytical cases. Direct comparison with a full micro-macro solver is not feasible for turbulent flows due to computational cost. We will incorporate an a-posteriori error indicator based on Hermite truncation error in the revised numerical results section. revision: partial

standing simulated objections not resolved
  • Direct verification of equivalence between reduced and full micro-macro models in the turbulent regime, as no analytical solutions exist and full micro-macro simulations are computationally prohibitive.

Circularity Check

0 steps flagged · score 0.0 of 10

No circularity: macroscopic reduction and scaling proof are independent of target results

full rationale

The derivation proceeds by applying the Hermite spectral method to obtain a macroscopic model from the time-fractional NS-FP system, then proving existence of an optimal scaling parameter on scenarios possessing closed-form analytical solutions; the equivalence statement is stated to follow directly from that choice. The second-order time integrator with extrapolation, the claimed order-independent convergence rates, and the turbulent drag-reduction observations are obtained from the resulting scheme without any reported fitting of parameters to the simulation outputs themselves or any load-bearing self-citation chain. No equation or claim reduces by construction to a quantity defined from the paper's own fitted inputs or prior results.

Assumptions & free parameters 0 free parameters · 1 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The work relies on standard existence assumptions for the time-fractional PDE system and on the completeness of the Hermite basis for the Fokker-Planck configuration space; no new free parameters are introduced because the scaling is proved optimal rather than fitted, and no new physical entities are postulated.

assumptions (1)
  • domain assumption Solutions to the Hookean-type time-fractional Navier-Stokes-Fokker-Planck equation exist and can be approximated by the Hermite spectral expansion in configuration space.
    Invoked to justify the reduction from the micro-macro system to the macroscopic model and the equivalence under optimal scaling.

how reviews work

0 comments
Cite this review

Pith. "Pith review of Numerical simulation of dilute polymeric fluids with memory effects in the turbulent flow regime." pith.science (2026). https://pith.science/paper/6CUGOETZ

@misc{pith2026241117294,
  author       = {Pith},
  title        = {Pith review of: Numerical simulation of dilute polymeric fluids with memory effects in the turbulent flow regime},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://pith.science/paper/6CUGOETZ}},
  note         = {Machine review of arXiv:2411.17294}
}
abstract

We address the numerical challenge of solving the Hookean-type time-fractional Navier--Stokes--Fokker--Planck equation, a history-dependent system of PDEs defined on the Cartesian product of two $d$-dimensional spaces in the turbulent regime. Due to its high dimensionality, the non-locality with respect to time, and the resolution required to resolve turbulent flow, this problem is highly demanding. To overcome these challenges, we employ the Hermite spectral method for the configuration space of the Fokker--Planck equation, reducing the problem to a purely macroscopic model. Considering scenarios for available analytical solutions, we prove the existence of an optimal choice of the Hermite scaling parameter. With this choice, the macroscopic system is equivalent to solving the coupled micro-macro system. We apply second-order time integration and extrapolation of the coupling terms, achieving, for the first time, convergence rates for the fully coupled time-fractional system independent of the order of the time-fractional derivative. Our efficient implementation of the numerical scheme allows turbulent simulations of dilute polymeric fluids with memory effects in two and three dimensions. Numerical simulations show that memory effects weaken the drag-reducing effect of added polymer molecules in the turbulent flow regime.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2411.17294 by the authors.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Hermite polynomials (left) and Hermite functions with scaling parameter [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_1.png] view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Error decay of the numerical solution (a) in comparison to an analytical solution for the TFFP equation with [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p018_2.png] view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Influence of the fractional order on the magnitude of the polymer-induced force [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p019_3.png] view at source ↗
Figures from the paper (7 more)
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Comparison of the velocity magnitude of dilute polymeric fluid flow for [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p019_4.png]
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Visualization of the ω-method for the pure solvent fluid at t = 20. (a) ε = 1 (b) ε = 10−1 (c) ε = 10−2 (d) ε = 10−3 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p021_5.png]
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: Visualization of ω on [0.55, 1.65] × [0, 0.41], for (1 − β)/Re = 10−3 , De = 1, and various ε, at t = 20. 10 4 10 3 10 2 10 1 0.62 | | (a) ε = 1 (b) ε = 10−1 (c) ε = 10−2 (d) ε = 10−3 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p021_6.png]
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Polymeric force magnitude |∇ · τ| on [0.55, 1.65] × [0, 0.41], for various ε, (1 − β)/Re = 10−3 , and De = 1, at t = 20. 21 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p021_7.png]
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: Visualization of ω, for ϵ = 10−2 , De = 1, and various (1 − β)/Re, at times t = 9, 12, 15. t = 9 t = 10 t = 11 t = 12 (a) De = 100 (b) De = 10 (c) De = 1 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p023_8.png]
Figure 9
Figure 9. Figure 9: Visualization of ω, for ϵ = 10−2 , (1 − β)/Re = 10−5 , and various De, at times t = 9, 10, 11, 12. 23 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p023_9.png]
Figure 10
Figure 10. Figure 10: Comparison of streamlines of (a) the pure solvent and (b) the dilute polymeric fluid for the pipeline strain relief [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p024_10.png]

Discussion (0). Sign in to comment.

Reference graph

Works this paper leans on

71 extracted references · 71 canonical work pages

  1. [1]

    B. A. Toms, Some observations on the flow of linear polymer solutions through straight tubes at large Reynolds numbers, in: Proc. 1st Intl. Congr. Rheol., 1948, pp. 135–141

  2. [2]

    C.-F. Lu, C. A. Lukach, R. R. Pas, Carboxymethyl guar-based drilling fluids, US Patent 4,743,384 (1988)

  3. [3]

    Thombare, U

    N. Thombare, U. Jha, S. Mishra, M. Z. Siddiqui, Guar gum as a promising starting material for diverse applications: A review, Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 88 (2016) 361–372

  4. [4]

    R. P. Singh, G. P. Karmakar, S. K. Rath, N. C. Karmakar, S. R. Pandey, T. Tripathy, J. Panda, K. Kanan, S. K. Jain, N. T. Lan, Biodegradable drag reducing agents and flocculants based on polysaccharides: materials and applications, Polym. Eng. Sci. 40 (1) (2000) 46–60

  5. [5]

    E. D. Burger, W. R. Munk, H. A. Wahl, Flow increase in the trans Alaska pipeline through use of a polymeric drag-reducing additive, J. Petrol. Tech. 34 (02) (1982) 377–386

  6. [6]

    G. Li, Y. Sun, X. Zheng, H. J. Choi, K. Zhang, Effect of drag-reducing polymer on blood flow in microchannels, Colloids Surf. B Biointerfaces 209 (2022) 112212

  7. [7]

    Crompton, R

    D. Crompton, R. Vats, T. Pradhan-Sundd, P. Sundd, M. V. Kameneva, Drag-reducing polymers improve hepatic vaso- occlusion in SCD mice, Blood Adv. 4 (18) (2020) 4333–4336

  8. [8]

    D. E. Bragin, O. A. Bragina, L. Berliba, M. V. Kameneva, E. M. Nemoto, Addition of drag-reducing polymers to colloid resuscitation fluid enhances cerebral microcirculation and tissue oxygenation after traumatic brain injury complicated by hemorrhagic shock, in: Oxygen Transport to Tissue XLII, Springer, 2021, pp. 283–288

Show all 71 references
  1. [9]

    W. J. Han, H. J. Choi, Role of bio-based polymers on improving turbulent flow characteristics: Materials and application, Polymers 9 (6) (2017) 209

  2. [10]

    Herrchen, H

    M. Herrchen, H. C. Öttinger, A detailed comparison of various FENE dumbbell models, J. Non-Newton. Fluid Mech. 68 (1) (1997) 17–42

  3. [11]

    J. W. Barrett, E. Süli, Existence of global weak solutions to the kinetic Hookean dumbbell model for incompressible dilute polymeric fluids, Nonlinear Anal. Real World Appl. 39 (2018) 362–395

  4. [12]

    R. B. Bird, C. F. Curtiss, R. C. Armstrong, O. Hassager, Dynamics of polymeric liquids, vol. 2: Kinetic theory (1987)

  5. [13]

    H. R. Warner Jr, Kinetic theory and rheology of dilute suspensions of finitely extendible dumbbells, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 11 (3) (1972) 379–387

  6. [14]

    R. L. Bagley, P. J. Torvik, A theoretical basis for the application of fractional calculus to viscoelasticity, J. Rheol. 27 (3) (1983) 201–210

  7. [15]

    P. E. Rouse, A theory of the linear viscoelastic properties of dilute solutions of coiling polymers, J. Chem. Phys. 21 (7) (1953) 1272

  8. [16]

    Fritz, E

    M. Fritz, E. Süli, B. Wohlmuth, Analysis of a dilute polymer model with a time-fractional derivative, SIAM J. Math. Anal. 56 (2) (2024) 2063–2089

  9. [17]

    E.Heinsalu, M.Patriarca, I.Goychuk, P.Hänggi, UseandabuseofafractionalFokker-Planckdynamicsfortime-dependent driving, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 (12) (2007) 120602

  10. [18]

    J. W. Barrett, E. Süli, Existence of global weak solutions to Fokker-Planck and Navier-Stokes-Fokker-Planck equations in kinetic models of dilute polymers, Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst. Ser. 3 (3) (2010) 371–408

  11. [19]

    Chauvière, A

    C. Chauvière, A. Lozinski, Simulation of dilute polymer solutions using a Fokker–Planck equation, Comput. Fluids 33 (5-6) (2004) 687–696

  12. [20]

    Strang, On the construction and comparison of difference schemes, SIAM J

    G. Strang, On the construction and comparison of difference schemes, SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 5 (3) (1968) 506–517

  13. [21]

    W. Cao, Z. Zhang, G. E. Karniadakis, Time-splitting schemes for fractional differential equations I: Smooth solutions, SIAM J. Sci. Comput. 37 (4) (2015) A1752–A1776. 27

  14. [22]

    D. J. Knezevic, E. Süli, A heterogeneous alternating-direction method for a micro-macro dilute polymeric fluid model, ESAIM: Math. Model. Numer. Anal. 43 (6) (2009) 1117–1156

  15. [23]

    Mizerová, B

    H. Mizerová, B. She, A conservative scheme for the Fokker-Planck equation with applications to viscoelastic polymeric fluids, J. Comput. Phys. 374 (2018) 941–953

  16. [24]

    Beddrich, E

    J. Beddrich, E. Süli, B. Wohlmuth, Numerical simulation of the time-fractional Fokker-Planck equation and applications to polymeric fluids, J. Comput. Phys. 497 (2024) Paper No. 112598, 18

  17. [25]

    Griebel, A

    M. Griebel, A. Rüttgers, Multiscale simulations of three-dimensional viscoelastic flows in a square–square contraction, J. Non-Newton. Fluid Mech. 205 (2014) 41–63

  18. [26]

    Rüttgers, M

    A. Rüttgers, M. Griebel, Multiscale simulation of polymeric fluids using the sparse grid combination technique, Appl. Math. Comput. 319 (2018) 425–443

  19. [27]

    Chauvière, A new method for micro-macro simulations of viscoelastic flows, SIAM J

    C. Chauvière, A new method for micro-macro simulations of viscoelastic flows, SIAM J. Sci. Comput. 23 (6) (2002) 2123–2140

  20. [28]

    Chauvière, A

    C. Chauvière, A. Lozinski, An efficient technique for simulations of viscoelastic flows, derived from the Brownian config- uration field method, SIAM J. Sci. Comput. 24 (5) (2003) 1823–1837

  21. [29]

    Ye, Numerical methods for simulating dilute polymeric fluids, Ph.D

    S. Ye, Numerical methods for simulating dilute polymeric fluids, Ph.D. thesis, University of Oxford (2018)

  22. [30]

    Cromer, P

    M. Cromer, P. A. Vasquez, Macro–micro-coupled simulations of dilute viscoelastic fluids, Appl. Sci. 13 (22) (2023) 12265

  23. [31]

    J. G. Oldroyd, On the formulation of rheological equations of state, Proc R Soc Lond A Math Phys Sci 200 (1063) (1950) 523–541

  24. [32]

    Renardy, B

    M. Renardy, B. Thomases, A mathematician’s perspective on the Oldroyd B model: Progress and future challenges, J. Nonnewton. Fluid Mech. 293 (2021) 104573

  25. [33]

    S. K. Lahiri, K. Volokh, Drag reduction via polymer solute: 3D numerical simulations of pipe flow, Acta Mech. 234 (10) (2023) 4523–4533

  26. [34]

    P. J. Dellar, Lattice Boltzmann formulation for linear viscoelastic fluids using an abstract second stress, SIAM J. Sci. Comput. 36 (6) (2014) A2507–A2532

  27. [35]

    P. C. Sousa, P. M. Coelho, M. S. N. Oliveira, M. A. Alves, Effect of the contraction ratio upon viscoelastic fluid flow in three-dimensional square–square contractions, Chem. Eng. Sci. 66 (5) (2011) 998–1009

  28. [36]

    B. Yu, F. Li, Y. Kawaguchi, Numerical and experimental investigation of turbulent characteristics in a drag-reducing flow with surfactant additives, Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow 25 (6) (2004) 961–974

  29. [37]

    C. D. Dimitropoulos, R. Sureshkumar, N. Beris Antony, Direct numerical simulation of viscoelastic turbulent channel flow exhibiting drag reduction: Effect of the variation of rheological parameters, J. Non-Newton. Fluid Mech. 79 (2) (1998) 433–468

  30. [38]

    M. A. Alves, P. J. Oliveira, F. T. Pinho, Numerical methods for viscoelastic fluid flows, Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech. 53 (1) (2021) 509–541

  31. [39]

    J. Shen, T. Tang, L.-L. Wang, Spectral methods: Algorithms, analysis and applications, Vol. 41, Springer Science & Business Media, 2011

  32. [40]

    Diethelm, N

    K. Diethelm, N. Ford, The analysis of fractional differential equations, Springer, 2010

  33. [41]

    Khristenko, B

    U. Khristenko, B. Wohlmuth, Solving time-fractional differential equations via rational approximation, IMA J. Numer. Anal. 43 (3) (2023) 1263–1290

  34. [42]

    Bernstein, Sur les fonctions absolument monotones, Acta Math

    S. Bernstein, Sur les fonctions absolument monotones, Acta Math. 52 (1) (1929) 1–66

  35. [43]

    Nakatsukasa, O

    Y. Nakatsukasa, O. Sète, L. N. Trefethen, The AAA algorithm for rational approximation, SIAM J. Sci. Comput. 40 (3) (2018) A1494–A1522

  36. [44]

    Duswald, B

    T. Duswald, B. Keith, B. Lazarov, S. Petrides, B. Wohlmuth, Finite elements for Matérn-type random fields: Uncertainty in computational mechanics and design optimization, Comput. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng. 429 (2024) 117146. 28

  37. [45]

    Hetland, E

    B. Hetland, E. Jettestuen, A. Hiorth, Solving the constitutive equation of dilute polymeric flows: A general Fokker–Planck approach for linear elastic dumbbell models, Phys. Fluids 35 (9) (2023)

  38. [46]

    Mohammadi, A

    M. Mohammadi, A. Borzi, A Hermite spectral method for a Fokker-Planck optimal control problem in an unbounded domain, Int. J. Uncertain. Quantif. 5 (3) (2015)

  39. [47]

    Franco, J.-S

    M. Franco, J.-S. Camier, J. Andrej, W. Pazner, High-order matrix-free incompressible flow solvers with GPU acceleration and low-order refined preconditioners, Comput. Fluids 203 (2020) 104541

  40. [48]

    A. G. Tomboulides, J. C. Y. Lee, S. A. Orszag, Numerical simulation of low Mach number reactive flows, J. Sci. Comput. 12 (1997) 139–167

  41. [49]

    A. J. Chorin, A numerical method for solving incompressible viscous flow problems, J. Comput. Phys. 2 (1) (1967) 12–26

  42. [50]

    A. J. Chorin, Numerical solution of the Navier-Stokes equations, Math. Comput. 22 (104) (1968) 745–762

  43. [51]

    Guermond, P

    J.-L. Guermond, P. Minev, J. Shen, An overview of projection methods for incompressible flows, Comput. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng. 195 (44-47) (2006) 6011–6045

  44. [52]

    G. E. Karniadakis, M. Israeli, S. A. Orszag, High-order splitting methods for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, J. Comput. Phys. 97 (2) (1991) 414–443

  45. [53]

    Anderson, J

    R. Anderson, J. Andrej, A. Barker, J. Bramwell, J.-S. Camier, J. Cerveny, V. Dobrev, Y. Dudouit, A. Fisher, T. Kolev, W. Pazner, M. Stowell, V. Tomov, I. Akkerman, J. Dahm, D. Medina, S. Zampini, MFEM: A modular finite element methods library, Comput. Math. Appl. 81 (2021) 42–74

  46. [54]

    Kexue, P

    L. Kexue, P. Jigen, Laplace transform and fractional differential equations, Appl. Math. Lett. 24 (12) (2011) 2019–2023

  47. [55]

    Nishikawa, On large start-up error of BDF2, J

    H. Nishikawa, On large start-up error of BDF2, J. Comput. Phys. 392 (2019) 456–461

  48. [56]

    Schäfer, S

    M. Schäfer, S. Turek, F. Durst, E. Krause, R. Rannacher, Benchmark computations of laminar flow around a cylinder, Springer, 1996

  49. [57]

    Fritz, M

    M. Fritz, M. L. Rajendran, B. Wohlmuth, Time-fractional Cahn–Hilliard equation: Well-posedness, degeneracy, and numerical solutions, Comput. Math. Appl. 108 (2022) 66–87

  50. [58]

    R. R. Fessler, Pipeline corrosion, Report, US Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Baker, Evanston, IL (2008)

  51. [59]

    H. R. Vanaei, A. Eslami, A. Egbewande, A review on pipeline corrosion, in-line inspection (ili), and corrosion growth rate models, Int. J. Press. Vessels Pip. 149 (2017) 43–54

  52. [60]

    Liu, Y.-Q

    C.-Q. Liu, Y.-Q. Wang, Y. Yang, Z.-W. Duan, New omega vortex identification method, Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 59 (2016) 1–9

  53. [61]

    Xi, Turbulent drag reduction by polymer additives: Fundamentals and recent advances, Phys

    L. Xi, Turbulent drag reduction by polymer additives: Fundamentals and recent advances, Phys. Fluids 31 (12) (2019)

  54. [62]

    Dong, Y.-Q

    X.-R. Dong, Y.-Q. Wang, X.-P. Chen, Y. Dong, Y.-N. Zhang, C. Liu, Determination of epsilon for Omega vortex identifi- cation method, J. Hydrodyn. 30 (2018) 541–548

  55. [63]

    K. D. Housiadas, A. N. Beris, Direct numerical simulations of viscoelastic turbulent channel flows at high drag reduction, Korea-Aust. Rheol. J. 17 (3) (2005) 131–140

  56. [64]

    Wapperom, R

    P. Wapperom, R. Keunings, V. Legat, The backward-tracking Lagrangian particle method for transient viscoelastic flows, J. Non-Newton. Fluid Mech. 91 (2) (2000) 273–295

  57. [65]

    M. D. Graham, Drag reduction and the dynamics of turbulence in simple and complex fluids, Phys. Fluids 26 (10) (2014)

  58. [66]

    Kim, C.-F

    K. Kim, C.-F. Li, R. Sureshkumar, S. Balachandar, R. J. Adrian, Effects of polymer stresses on eddy structures in drag-reduced turbulent channel flow, J. Fluid Mech. 584 (2007) 281–299

  59. [67]

    Samanta, Y

    D. Samanta, Y. Dubief, M. Holzner, C. Schäfer, A. N. Morozov, C. Wagner, B. Hof, Elasto-inertial turbulence, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 110 (26) (2013) 10557–10562

  60. [68]

    Dallas, J

    V. Dallas, J. C. Vassilicos, G. F. Hewitt, Strong polymer-turbulence interactions in viscoelastic turbulent channel flow, Phys. Rev. E 82 (6) (2010) 066303. 29

  61. [69]

    Shekar, R

    A. Shekar, R. M. McMullen, S.-N. Wang, B. J. McKeon, M. D. Graham, Critical-layer structures and mechanisms in elastoinertial turbulence, Phys. Rev. Lett. 122 (12) (2019) 124503

  62. [70]

    Dubief, V

    Y. Dubief, V. E. Terrapon, B. Hof, Elasto-inertial turbulence, Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech. 55 (1) (2023) 675–705

  63. [71]

    A. V. Bhave, R. C. Armstrong, R. A. Brown, Kinetic theory and rheology of dilute, nonhomogeneous polymer solutions, J. Chem. Phys. 95 (4) (1991) 2988–3000. 30

Pith tools

Reviewed May 23, 2026 · model on record in the stance chip above.