Focus on bioinspired textured surfaces toward fluid drag reduction: Recent progresses and challenges

G Tian, Y Zhang, X Feng, Y Hu - Advanced Engineering …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
After a long period of biological evolution, natural creatures will inevitably evolve body
surfaces suitable for the living environment. The functions of natural biological surfaces are …

[HTML][HTML] Bio-inspired drag reduction: From nature organisms to artificial functional surfaces

C Yu, M Liu, C Zhang, H Yan, M Zhang, Q Wu, M Liu… - Giant, 2020 - Elsevier
Nature organisms, after billions of years of evolution, have evolved elegant morphologies,
structures, patterns, or surface wettabilities with unique functionalities. Among all the …

Review on 3D Printing of Bioinspired Structures for Surface/Interface Applications

Q He, T Tang, Y Zeng, N Iradukunda… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Natural organisms have evolved a series of versatile functional biomaterials and structures
to cope with survival crises in their living environment, exhibiting outstanding properties …

Application of bionic tribology in water-lubricated bearing: a review

X Li, Z Guo, Q Huang, C Yuan - Journal of Bionic Engineering, 2022 - Springer
Water-lubricated bearing has become the development trend in the future because of its
economy and environmental friendliness. The poor friction performance under low speed …

Thriving artificial underwater drag-reduction materials inspired from aquatic animals: progresses and challenges

G Tian, D Fan, X Feng, H Zhou - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In the past decades, drag-reduction surfaces have attracted more and more attention due to
their potentiality and wide applications in various fields such as traffic, energy transportation …

Biomimetic flow control techniques for aerospace applications: a comprehensive review

JBR Rose, SG Natarajan, VT Gopinathan - Reviews in Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
Bio-inspired designs have been serving as a great inspiration for Aerodynamists for the past
several decades. The biological features of each species have evolved through generations …

Drag reduction ability of slippery liquid-infused surfaces: A review

H Pakzad, A Nouri-Borujerdi, A Moosavi - Progress in Organic Coatings, 2022 - Elsevier
Devising effective methods to reduce drag forces is of great interest as these methods could
prevent the wastage of fuel and decrease carbon emission and the global warming rate …

Energy conservation of V-shaped swarming fixed-wing drones through position reconfiguration

A Mirzaeinia, M Hassanalian, K Lee… - Aerospace Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
There is currently a growing interest in the area of drag reduction of unmanned aerial
vehicles. In this paper, the swarming flight of the fixed-wing drones and a load balancing …

Drag reduction using bionic groove surface for underwater vehicles

S Zheng, X Liang, J Li, Y Liu, J Tang - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: The reduction of drag is a crucial concern within the ship** industry as it
directly influences energy consumption. This study addresses this issue by proposing a …

An analytical study on leader and follower switching in V-shaped Canada Goose flocks for energy management purposes

A Mirzaeinia, F Heppner, M Hassanalian - Swarm Intelligence, 2020 - Springer
Migrating birds may take advantage of V-shaped flocking to reduce the required energy for
their flight. Studies have shown that the birds in different positions in V-shaped flight contend …