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Tailored surface textures to increase friction—A review
Surface textures with micro-scale feature dimensions still hold great potential to enhance the frictional performance of tribological systems. Apart...
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Tribological properties of hierarchical micro-dimples produced on a cylindrical surface by dual-frequency texturing
An experimental investigation was performed for investigating the tribological performance of micro-dimple surface texture patterns on a cylindrical...
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Aerospace Engineering
This chapter summarizes the research activities and main outcomes of the groups engaged in the fields of Aerospace Engineering, in the decade...
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Drag-reduction of 3D printed shark-skin-like surfaces
The marvels of the slippery and clean sharkskin have inspired the development of many clinical and engineering products, although the mechanisms of...
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Bio-inspired patterned surface for submicron particle deposition in a fully developed turbulent duct
Arrays of surface ribs have been reported to significantly enhance particle collection efficiency in particle removal devices. However, the surface...
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Experimental Investigations of the Turbulent Boundary Layer for Biomimetic Surface with Spine-Covered Protrusion Inspired by Pufferfish Skin
Pufferfish skin is known for its spine-covered surface, which differs significantly from that of common fish species. Recent research has shown that...
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The Method and Experiment Research on Down-stroke Abrasive Belt Grinding under Micro Feeding for Noise Reduction Surface
This paper proposes a down-stroke abrasive belt grinding under micro feeding for noise reduction surface. Firstly, a physical model of processing...
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Airfoil profile surface drag reduction characteristics based on the structure of the mantis shrimp abdominal segment
To reduce the drag of fluid on a surface, the parameterized structure of the mantis shrimp abdominal segment was analyzed to design the airfoil...
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Tool Offset Flycutting Multi-layer Hierarchical Microstructures
The industries of optics, electronics, aerospace, and communication, inspired by nature, have all made extensive use of microstructural functional...
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Morphological Characterization and Hydrodynamic Behavior of Shortfin Mako Shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) Dorsal Fin Denticles
The shortfin mako shark ( Isurus oxyrinchus ) is one of the fastest marine fishes, reaching speeds of up to 70 km·h −1 . Their speed is related to the...
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Underwater Superoleophobic Crucian Fish Scale: Influence of Ontogeny on Surface Morphologies and Wettability
Recent development concerning underwater superoleophobic surface has been motivated by fish scales, which are rendered capable of preventing their...
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Biosphere-Technosphere Transformations: Thirty Workable Resolutions
In this practical chapter, thirty ingenious natural solutions are highlighted as starting points for technospheric applications. They are largely...
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Advances in the application of biomimetic surface engineering in the oil and gas industry
Friction is widespread in almost every field in the oil and gas industry, and it is accompanied by huge energy losses and potential safety hazards....
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An application of the shark skin denticle geometry for windbreak fence design and fabrication
Windbreak fences in open and urban areas can be used to effectively reduce the wind velocity. In this paper we examine how the geometrical shape of...
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CFD analysis of effects on fluid flow resistance of metallic wavy structures
Microscale wrinkles can be utilized to enhance the characteristics of products. For example, a shark skin having riblet surface can move faster...
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Influence of Surface Anisotropy on Turbulent Flow Over Irregular Roughness
The influence of surface anisotropy upon the near-wall region of a rough-wall turbulent channel flow is investigated using direct numerical...
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A review of advances in tribology in 2020–2021
Around 1,000 peer-reviewed papers were selected from 3,450 articles published during 2020–2021, and reviewed as the representative advances in...
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Experimental evaluation on texture of flank face on tool wear in chamfer milling of stainless steel
This paper presents a novel grinding enabled texture, ‘V’ shaped texture (VST), on flank face. To implement the texture on a cutting performance, a...
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Tomographic PIV investigation on coherent vortex structures over shark-skin-inspired drag-reducing riblets
AbstractNature has shown us that the microstructure of the skin of fast-swimming sharks in the ocean can reduce the skin friction drag due to the...
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Design and optimization of bionic Janus blade in hydraulic torque converter for drag reduction
The chief aim of the present work was to achieve drag reduction in stator blades with liquid using boundary layer control. A stator blade of...