Enhanced load-carrying capacity of hairy surfaces floating on water

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

Volumn 470, Issue 2165, 2014, Pages

  Xue, Yahui ^a   Yuan, Huijing ^a   Su, Weidong ^a   Shi, Yipeng ^a   Duan, Huiling ^a,b  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Free energy analysis; Hairy surfaces; Load carrying capacity; Superhydrophobicity

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FREE ENERGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; OPTIMIZATION;

FREE ENERGY ANALYSIS; HAIRY SURFACE; LOAD CARRYING; OPTIMIZED GEOMETRIES; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; SURFACE HYDROPHOBICITY; VERTICAL CAPILLARIES; WATER REPELLENCY;

LOADS (FORCES);

EID: 84896903819     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2013.0832     Document Type: Article

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