Graduate Student : Cari S. Dutcher

B.S., Illinois Institute of Technology

Office: B93 Tan Hall
Phone: (510) 642-3699
Email: csdutcher<<at>>berkeley.edu

Research Interests:

The goal of the present research effort is to provideincreased understanding of and quantitative information about the mechanism ofpolymer induced turbulent drag reduction._ To realize this goal, aquantification of flow transitions using well characterized dilutepolymer solutions is studied in flow generated between concentric, rotatingcylinders: Taylor-Couette (TC) flow. (Figure 1)

Figure 1:_ Custom built Taylor-Couette cell with innerand outer cylinder independent temperature and motion control as well as twoplanes of flow visualization ((r,z) and (z,projected theta)).

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