Skin Friction Reduction Characteristics of Nonsmooth Surfaces Inspired by the Shapes of Barchan Dunes
A new type of nonsmooth surface inspired by the shape of barchan dunes has been proposed and is intended to reduce skin friction, a major cause of overall drag. Simulations were carried out to obtain skin friction reduction characteristics for the nonsmooth surface using the commercial computational...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2017-01-01
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Series: | Mathematical Problems in Engineering |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6212605 |