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It has been found experimentally that very small concentrations of dissolved high-polymeric substances can reduce the frictional resistance in turbulent flow to as low as one-fourth that of the pure solvent. The viscosities of these solutions are always somewhat higher than the pure solvent and so the fact that the turbulent friction is reduced has been a surprising technological development. Important summaries of the status of the drag-reduction effect have been given by Lumley (1), Patterson, Zakin, and Rodriguez (2), Hoyt (3), and Gadd (4). The emphasis in this paper will be on chemical engineering and applications aspects of the phenomenon. See also the chapters by D. C. MacWilliams, J. H. Rogers, and T. J. West; R. H. Friedman; and O. K. Kim and R. Y. Ting.
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Hoyt, J.W., Wade, R.H. (1973). Turbulent Friction Reduction by Polymer Solutions. In: Bikales, N.M. (eds) Water-Soluble Polymers. Polymer Science and Technology, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4583-1_7
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