Fig. 1: Polymeric flows. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: Polymeric flows.

From: Intermittency in the not-so-smooth elastic turbulence

Fig. 1

An illustrative sketch of the different regimes of polymer-laden flows: classical Newtonian turbulence (HIT) at large \({{{{{{{\rm{Re}}}}}}}}\) and zero (or small) De, polymeric turbulence (PHIT) at large \({{{{{{{\rm{Re}}}}}}}}\) and intermediate De, and elastic turbulence (ET) at small \({{{{{{{\rm{Re}}}}}}}}\) and large De. The shaded region shows the recently observed elastic scaling regime in addition to the classical Kolmogorov scaling23,24.

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