Browsing FAS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "drag reduction"
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The hydrodynamic function of shark skin and two biomimetic applications
(The Company of Biologists, 2012)It has long been suspected that the denticles on shark skin reduce hydrodynamic drag during locomotion, and a number of manmade materials have been produced that purport to use shark-skin-like surface roughness to reduce ...