Biomimetic drag reduction study on herringbone riblets of bird feather

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 341-349

  Chen, Huawei ^a   Rao, Fugang ^a   Shang, Xiaopeng ^a   Zhang, Deyuan ^a   Hagiwara, Ichiro ^b  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomimetic surface; Bird feather; Drag reduction; Herringbone riblets

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC SURFACES; BIRD FEATHERS; DRAG REDUCTION MECHANISM; DRAG-REDUCTION RATE; NATURAL SELECTION; RIBLETS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; TYPICAL PROPERTIES;

BIOMIMETICS; BIRDS;

DRAG REDUCTION;

EID: 84884196688     PISSN: 16726529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(13)60229-2     Document Type: Article

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