Imperial College London

ProfessorHughSpikes

Faculty of EngineeringDepartment of Mechanical Engineering

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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 7063h.spikes

 
 
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Assistant

 

Mrs Chrissy Stevens +44 (0)20 7594 7064

 
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Location

 

673City and Guilds BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@inproceedings{Holtzinger:2010,
author = {Holtzinger, J and Green, JH and Lamb, GD and Atkinson, D and Spikes, HA},
pages = {171--177},
title = {Influence of viscosity modifiers on hydrodynamic friction},
year = {2010}
}

RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - CPAPER
AB - In order to understand (and ultimately to predict) the friction reduction resulting from the use of polymer solutions, the rheological properties of model polymer solutions have been measured over a wide range of shear rates. As well as temporary shear thinning, some permanent shear thinning of the higher molecular weight polystyrene solutions has been noted in the USV. Temporary viscosity loss has been observed for polyisoprene blend with a molecular weight of 82 000 g/mol and a polydispersity index of 1.07. The impacts of pure polymer concentration and molecular weight on permanent shear thinning are significant in the case of polystyrene solutions.
AU - Holtzinger,J
AU - Green,JH
AU - Lamb,GD
AU - Atkinson,D
AU - Spikes,HA
EP - 177
PY - 2010///
SP - 171
TI - Influence of viscosity modifiers on hydrodynamic friction
ER -