The interaction of the overlying turbulent flow with riblets, and its impact on their drag reduction properties are analysed. In the so-called viscous regime of vanishing riblet spacing, the drag reduction is proportional to the riblet size, but for larger riblets the proportionality breaks down, and the drag reduction eventually ...
Ricardo García-Mayoral +1 more
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Active Control for Wall Drag Reduction: Methods, Mechanisms and Performance
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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A novel aerodynamic drag-reduction mechanism using dolphin-inspired ultrasonic microvibrations [PDF]
Aerodynamic 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]
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]
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]
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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Research Progress of Air Lubrication Drag Reduction Technology for Ships
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]
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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Simple model for drag reduction [PDF]
Direct Numerical Simulations established that the FENE-P model of viscoelastic flows exhibits the phenomenon of turbulent drag reduction which is caused in experiments by dilute polymeric additives. To gain analytic understanding of the phenomenon we introduce in this Letter a simple 1-dimensional model of the FENE-P equations.
Benzi, Roberto, Procaccia, Itamar
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Drag Characteristics and Reduction Test for Hub of Coaxial-rotor Helicopter
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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