Characteristics and generation of elastic turbulence in a three-dimensional parallel plate channel using direct numerical simulation

Zhang Hong-Na¹, Li Feng-Chen¹, Li Xiao-Bin^{1, †,}, Li Dong-Yang¹, Cai Wei-Hua^{1, ‡,}, Yu Bo²

The distribution and characteristics of vortex tubes and the polymer conformation components in the streamwise–spanwise (x–z) section y* = 0 at Wi = 30: (a) Q; (b) C_xx; (c) C_xy; (d) C_yy.