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Advances in Mechanical Engineering
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 921524, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/921524
Research Article

The Polymer Effect on Nonlinear Processes in Decaying Homogeneous Isotropic Turbulence

Wei-Hua Cai,1,2,3 Feng-Chen Li,1 Hong-Na Zhang,1 Yue Wang,1,3 and Lu Wang1

1School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
2School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
3School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China

Received 9 October 2012; Revised 16 January 2013; Accepted 16 January 2013

Academic Editor: Tomoaki Kunugi

Copyright © 2013 Wei-Hua Cai et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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