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Laminar And Turbulent Flow Of A Liquid Through Channels With Superhydrophobic Walls Exhibiting Alternating Ribs And Cavities, Brady L. Woolford
Laminar And Turbulent Flow Of A Liquid Through Channels With Superhydrophobic Walls Exhibiting Alternating Ribs And Cavities, Brady L. Woolford
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There is significant interest in reducing the frictional resistance that occurs along a surface in contact with a liquid. A novel approach to reducing the frictional resistance across a liquid-solid interface is the use of superhydrophobic surfaces. superhydrophobic surfaces are created in this work by the use of micro-fabrication techniques where systematic roughness is fabricated on a substrate surface which is subsequently treated with a hydrophobic coating. This work reports an experimental study of superhydrophobic surfaces used to reduce drag in both laminar and turbulent channel flows. In the laminar flow regime reductions in frictional resistance greater than 55% were …
Separation And Vorticity Transport In Massively-Unsteady Low Reynolds Number Flows, Charles Webb
Separation And Vorticity Transport In Massively-Unsteady Low Reynolds Number Flows, Charles Webb
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There is no doubt that nature has existed as the very inspiration for many of technological achievements of today. Flight is no exception though our conventional methods of flight seem to be completely devoid of any flapping modes commonly seen in insects and birds. This is because the unsteady characteristics of natures keen flight capabilities is very difficult to study. However, as our computational and experimental methods of investigation have improved, our imagination again begins to turn to this one aspect of flight that has eluded man thus far. Birds and more specifically insects are capable of flying at such …