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Substantial drag reduction in turbulent flow using liquid-infused surfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2017

Tyler Van Buren Open the ORCID record for Tyler Van Buren [Opens in a new window]  and
Alexander J. Smits
Tyler Van Buren*
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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
Alexander J. Smits
Affiliation:
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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Abstract

Experiments are presented that demonstrate how liquid-infused surfaces can reduce turbulent drag significantly in Taylor–Couette flow. The test liquid was water, and the test surface was composed of square microscopic grooves measuring $100~\unicode[STIX]{x03BC}\text{m}$ to $800~\unicode[STIX]{x03BC}\text{m}$, filled with alkane liquids with viscosities from 0.3 to 1.4 times that of water. We achieve drag reduction exceeding 35 %, four times higher than previously reported for liquid-infused surfaces in turbulent flow. The level of drag reduction increased with viscosity ratio, groove width, fluid area fraction and Reynolds number. The optimum groove width was given by $w^{+}\approx 35$.

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Flow Control: Drag reduction Turbulent Flows: Turbulence control Turbulent Flows: Turbulent Flows
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 827 , 25 September 2017 , pp. 448 - 456
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