Achieving Drag Reduction Through Polymer-Surfactant Interaction

Drag reduction is a well-observed phenomenon, it was first observed by the British chemist Toms in 1946, yet its mechanism is still unknown to this day. Polymer Drag reduction has found application in reducing pumping costs for oil pipelines (its use in the Trans Alaska Pipeline has resulted in an i...

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Main Author: Mevawalla, Anosh
Language:en
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10012/7781