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

Spatial–temporal propagation of the flow and polymer structures with the increase of Wi: (a) tr(C) along the streamwise at y = 0, z = S_z/2; (b) Q along the streamwise at y = 0, z = S_z/2; (c) Q along the normalwise at x = S_x/2, z = S_z/2.