A novel aerodynamic drag-reduction mechanism using dolphin-inspired ultrasonic microvibrations [PDF]
Scientific ReportsAerodynamic drag, particularly viscous drag, is a significant source of energy loss in aircraft, with its reduction being critical for improving overall aerodynamic performance.
Dongyue Wang, Hao Liu
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Synthesis and drag reduction properties of a hydrophobically associative polymer containing ultra-long side chains [PDF]
BMC Chemistry, 2023 Different from common hydrophobic associative polymers, a new hydrophobic associative polyacrylamide (HAPAM) with ultra-long side chains was synthesized and aimed to be used as drag reducer in this work.
Xianwu Jing +3 more
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Assessment of Drag Reduction Devices Mounted on a Simplified Tractor-Trailer Truck Model [PDF]
Journal of Applied and Computational Mechanics, 2021 Aerodynamic drag reduction of tractor-trailer combination trucks is critically important to improve their fuel consumption which consequently results in lower emissions.
Terrance Charles, Zhiyin Yang, Yiling Lu
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Prediction of Drag Reduction Rate in Turbulent Channel Flow Based on BP Neural Network [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 The technology of turbulent drag reduction by viscoelastic additives cannot be widely applied in practical engineering due to the difficulty in judging the effect of drag reduction.
Cao Yuchen, Yang Yongwen
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An energy-efficient pathway to turbulent drag reduction [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2021 Ivan Marusic +2 more
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Research Progress of Air Lubrication Drag Reduction Technology for Ships
Fluids, 2022 Air lubrication is a promising drag reduction technology for ships because it is considered to reduce the skin-friction resistance of ships by changing the energy of turbulent boundary layers.
Hai An, Haozhe Pan, Po Yang
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Computational Analysis of Turbulent Flow over a Bluff Body with Drag Reduction Devices [PDF]
Journal of Applied and Computational Mechanics, 2020 Reducing aerodynamic drag of heavy trucks is crucially important for the reduction of fuel consumption and hence results in less air pollution. One way to reduce the aerodynamic drag is the deployment of drag reduction devices at the rear of trucks and ...
Adam Abikan, Zhiyin Yang, Yiling Lu
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Drag Characteristics and Reduction Test for Hub of Coaxial-rotor Helicopter
Hangkong gongcheng jinzhan, 2020 The drag of coaxial helicopter hub accounts is more than 50% of the total helicopter's waste drag, so it is necessary to research the drag characteristics and reduction design of the hub. Wind tunnel test is carried out for a coaxial helicopter hub model,
LONG Haibin, WU Yuping
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Active Control for Wall Drag Reduction: Methods, Mechanisms and Performance
IEEE Access, 2020 Active reducing the skin friction drag of vehicles (such as missiles, rockets, aircraft, high-speed train, submarines, etc.) during the navigation process can improve the respond speed effectively, save the energy consumption and increase the endurance ...
Lu Zhang, Xiaobiao Shan, Tao Xie
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022 Square cylinders are widely used in various fields. For example, they are common structures in fishways. The flow around square cylinders has been a common problem in various fields.
Siying Wang, Qibiao Wu, Xiaotao Shi
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