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Turbulent Boundary Layer Drag Reduction with Polymer Injection

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  1. Mechanical Engineering Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

    Y.X. Hou, V.S.R. Somandepalli & M.G. Mungal

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Hou, Y., Somandepalli, V., Mungal, M. (2007). Turbulent Boundary Layer Drag Reduction with Polymer Injection. In: Palma, J., Lopes, A.S. (eds) Advances in Turbulence XI. Springer Proceedings Physics, vol 117. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72604-3_11

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