1. MECHANICAL DEGRADATION OF POLYACRYLAMIDE IN HIGH-SHEAR CAPILLARY FLOW EXPERIMENTS Open Access Author: Pawlik, Taylor Kristen Title: MECHANICAL DEGRADATION OF POLYACRYLAMIDE IN HIGH-SHEAR CAPILLARY FLOW EXPERIMENTS Area of Honors: Chemical Engineering Keywords: Hydraulic FracturingHigh ShearMechanical DegradationPolyacrylamidePower LawHigh PressureCapillary Flow File: Download Pawlik_Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Manish Kumar, Thesis SupervisorAli Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor