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

Root mean square (rms) of velocity fluctuations and fluctuating polymerconformation components as a function of the averaged local velocity gradient at different Wi: (a) u_rms, v_rms, and w_rms; (b) the rms of the vorticity, ; (c) ; (d) ; (e) ; (f) .