| Literature DB >> 24956072 |
Denis Terwagne1, Miha Brojan, Pedro M Reis.
Abstract
Smart Morphable Surfaces enable switchable and tunable aerodynamic drag reduction of bluff bodies. Their topography, resembling the morphology of golf balls, can be custom-generated through a wrinkling instability on a curved surface. Pneumatic actuation of these patterns results in the control of the drag coefficient of spherical samples by up to a factor of two, over a range of flow conditions.Entities:
Keywords: drag reduction; patterning; rapid prototyping; smart surfaces; wrinkling
Year: 2014 PMID: 24956072 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201401403
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Adv Mater ISSN: 0935-9648 Impact factor: 30.849