A fundamental study of the sticking of insect residues to aircraft wings
The aircraft industry has long been concerned with the increase of drag on airplanes due to fouling of the wings by insects. The present research studied the effects of surface energy and surface roughness on the phenomenon of insect sticking. Aluminum plates of different roughnesses were coated wit...
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2020
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/101264 |