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Flow Past Highly Compliant Boundaries and in Collapsible Tubes pp 191–229Cite as

Drag Reduction Using Compliant Walls

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Compliant coating research is one of those areas which experienced its fair share of triumphs and debacles. For over forty years, the subject has fascinated, frustrated and occasionally gratified scientists and engineers searching for methods to delay laminar-to-turbulence transition, to reduce skin-friction drag in turbulent wall-bounded flows, to quell vibrations, and to suppress flow-induced noise. In its simplest form, the technique is passive, relatively easy to apply to an existing vehicle or device, and perhaps not too expensive. Through the years, however, claims for substantial drag and noise reductions were made, only to be later refuted when the results were more critically examined. There are several important issues with regard to the reliability of available analytical, numerical and experimental results. In this chapter, some of these issues, particularly as they relate to the search for drag-reducing compliant coatings, will be addressed with the objective of elucidating the potential pitfalls to newcomers to the field. Problem formulation with the proper boundary conditions, impossibility of obtaining first-principles analytical solutions when the wall-bounded flow is turbulent, and limitations of existing numerical simulations will be elaborated. The effects of background turbulence in a wind or water tunnel, accurate drag measurements, compliant wall motion, and the geometry and properties of the coatings used will be among the outstanding experimental issues discussed. Attempts will be made to explain some of the seemingly contradictory results available in the open literature.

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Gad-El-Hak, M. (2003). Drag Reduction Using Compliant Walls. In: Carpenter, P.W., Pedley, T.J. (eds) Flow Past Highly Compliant Boundaries and in Collapsible Tubes. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 72. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0415-1_9

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