Shark skin separation control mechanisms

Marine Technology Society Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 208-215

  Lang, Amy ^a   Motta, Philip ^b   Habegger, Maria Laura ^b   Hueter, Robert ^c   Afroz, Farhana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drag reduction; Flow separation; Shark skin

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE PRESSURE GRADIENT; BIOMIMETIC STUDY; FORM DRAG; HISTOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MARINE ORGANISMS; NATURAL SELECTION; ON-BODY; POTENTIAL CONTROL; RELATIVE SIZES; SEPARATION CONTROL;

DRAG REDUCTION; MARINE BIOLOGY;

FLOW SEPARATION;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; BIOMECHANICS; DRAG COEFFICIENT; HISTOLOGY; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; SEPARATION; SHARK; SKIN;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ISURUS; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS;

EID: 84863638499     PISSN: 00253324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4031/MTSJ.45.4.12     Document Type: Article

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