Shark-skin surfaces for fluid-drag reduction in turbulent flow: A review

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1929, 2010, Pages 4775-4806

  Dean, Brian ^a   Bhushan, Bharat ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomimetics; Drag reduction; Hydrophobicity; Riblets; Shark skin; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; FLUIDS; FRICTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; OPTIMIZATION; SKIN FRICTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FLOW REGIMES; FLUID DRAG; HYDROPHOBIC MATERIAL; MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES; MAXIMUM DRAG REDUCTIONS; NATURAL SHAPES; PERFORMANCE STUDY; REDUCTION THEORY; RIBLETS; SHARK SKIN; SKIN SURFACES; SKIN-FRICTION DRAG; STUDY AND APPLICATIONS;

DRAG REDUCTION;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; POLYMER;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; FLOW KINETICS; FRICTION; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HISTOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MUCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SHARK; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; FRICTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUCUS; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; SHARKS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 78149327846     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0201     Document Type: Review

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