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Artificial Organs, EarlyView.Blade shapes (leading‐edge geometry and thickness) in rotodynamic blood pumps were systematically evaluated. Thinner blades improve pump efficiency by reducing blockage effects, while neither blade thickness nor leading‐edge geometry shows clear hemocompatibility benefits. Overall, blade shape has a limited impact on hemocompatibility, indicating it is
Benjamin Torner +7 more
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A Design Optimization Procedure for Efficient Turbine Airfoil Design
Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 1993 An optimization procedure has been developed for the efficient design of turbine blade airfoil sections. A shape sensitivity study of the airfoils has been performed considering two leading edge shapes, circular and elliptic. Pressure and suction surfaces are approximated by polynomials.
Chattopadhyay, A. +2 more
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Hierarchical Differentiable Fluid Simulation
Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.We introduce a two‐step algorithm that significantly reduces memory usage for solving control problems using differentiable fluid simulation techniques: our method first optimizes for bulk forces at reduced resolution, then refines local details over sub‐domains while maintaining differentiability. In trading runtime for memory, it enables optimization
Xiangyu Kong +4 more
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Airfoil Design Optimization of Blended Wing Body for Various Aerodynamic and Stealth Stations
AerospaceThe airfoil is the foundation of an aircraft, and its characteristics have a significant impact on those of the aircraft. Conventional airfoil design mainly focuses on improving aerodynamic performance, while flying wing airfoil designs should also ...
Wei Zhang +5 more
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Parametric Study on Thermo-Hydraulic Performance of NACA Airfoil Fin PCHEs Channels
Energies, 2022 In this work, a discontinuous airfoil fin printed circuit heat exchanger (PCHE) was used as a recuperator in a micro gas turbine system. The effects of the airfoil fin geometry parameters (arc height, maximum arc height position, and airfoil thickness ...
Wei Wang +5 more
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The pectoralis muscle orientation as an indicator of the modes of wing‐propelled locomotion in birds
Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.The pectoralis orientation of birds was consistent with the orientation of the aerodynamic force acting on the wing, varying by wing‐propelled locomotion (WPL) mode. The skeletal morphology unique to each WPL mode, related to the origin/insertion of the pectoralis, may be associated with these functional demands of pectoralis orientation.
Takumi Akeda, Shin‐ichi Fujiwara
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Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Volume 26, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT Wind tunnel experiments are a key element of fluid mechanics education, enabling students to connect theoretical knowledge with practical observations. Despite their pedagogical value, traditional wind tunnel laboratories often lack outcome orientation, rely on prescriptive procedures, and provide limited opportunities for conceptual ...
Nils Kaufhold, Konrad Boettcher
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Actuation Strategies for Underwater Jet‐Propelled Soft Robots
Journal of Field Robotics, Volume 43, Issue 6, Page 3868-3892, September 2026.ABSTRACT This review article examines jet‐propulsion mechanisms in underwater soft robotic systems, focusing exclusively on physically fabricated and experimentally validated robots. Covering research published from 2013 to 2025, this study classifies and evaluates jet‐propulsion robots based on their actuation mechanisms.
Angel Kitone +3 more
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Wind Turbine Blade Crack Detection and Assessment in Images Using Machine Learning
Wind Energy, Volume 29, Issue 9, September 2026.ABSTRACT As the wind energy industry matures, inspection of wind turbine blades (WTBs) is shifting from a manual process involving rope access and grading of damage, towards unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) photography and artificial intelligence‐aided processing of data.
Callum Rothon +2 more
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DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF TRANSONIC AIRFOILS [PDF]
Engineering Optimization, 1993 Numerical optimization procedures have been considered for the design of airfoils in transonic flow based on the transonic small-disturbance (TSD) and Euler equations. A sequential approximation optimization technique was implemented with an accurate approximation of the wave drag based on Nixon's coordinate straining approach.
C.-Y. JOH, B. GROSSMAN, R.T. HAFTKA
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