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We have developed a theory of polymer entanglement using an extended Cahn-Hilliard functional, with two extra terms. One is a nonlocal attractive term, operating over mesoscales, which is interpreted as giving rise to entanglement, and the…
We present an experimental investigation of turbulent drag reduction with flexible and rigid polymer solutions. The flexible polymer is partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM) and the rigid polymer is xanthan gum (XG). The experiments…
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