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Solution drag reduction displays such a variety of unusual flow phenomena that it is desirable from the needs of the experimentalist, theoretician, and engineer, to describe, identify, and classify the features of categories of solution drag reduction behavior observed in real fluids. This paper develops information useful to the eventual formulation of a structuring scheme embodying hierarchies of solution drag reduction behavior. Three categories of behavior have been discovered in micellar-type systems. Four categories of behavior can be identified in polymeric-type systems. Their characteristics are discussed in detail. The morphology of micellar-type drag reducer systems is also discussed, and estimates are presented of morphological parameters for conditions corresponding to the threshold shear stress where maximum drag reduction activity occurs.
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Savins, J.G. (1969). Contrasts in the Solution Drag Reduction Characteristics of Polymeric Solutions and Micellar Systems. In: Wells, C.S. (eds) Viscous Drag Reduction. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-5579-1_9
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