Focus on bioinspired textured surfaces toward fluid drag reduction: Recent progresses and challenges

G Tian, Y Zhang, X Feng, Y Hu - Advanced Engineering …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
After a long period of biological evolution, natural creatures will inevitably evolve body
surfaces suitable for the living environment. The functions of natural biological surfaces are …

Thriving artificial underwater drag-reduction materials inspired from aquatic animals: progresses and challenges

G Tian, D Fan, X Feng, H Zhou - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In the past decades, drag-reduction surfaces have attracted more and more attention due to
their potentiality and wide applications in various fields such as traffic, energy transportation …

Biomimetic flow control techniques for aerospace applications: a comprehensive review

JBR Rose, SG Natarajan, VT Gopinathan - Reviews in Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
Bio-inspired designs have been serving as a great inspiration for Aerodynamists for the past
several decades. The biological features of each species have evolved through generations …

Shark Skin Denticles: From Morphological Diversity to Multi‐functional Adaptations and Applications

A Ghimire, RB Dahl, SF Shen… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The energy crisis of the 1970s sparked growing concern over minimizing fuel consumption
in water, land, and air transportation. Researchers fascinated by sharks' effortless swimming …

Mechanical and energy absorption properties of functionally graded lattice structures based on minimal curved surfaces

X Ma, DZ Zhang, M Zhao, J Jiang, F Luo… - The International Journal …, 2022 - Springer
Compared with uniform structures, functionally graded lattice structures can control
mechanical properties through varying structures and their volume fraction. In this study, a …

Coupled bionic drag-reducing surface covered by conical protrusions and elastic layer inspired from pufferfish skin

X Feng, D Fan, G Tian, Y Zhang - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Inspired by the drag-reducing properties of the cone-like spines and elastic layer covering
the pufferfish skin, important efforts are underway to establish rational multiple drag …

Aerial and aquatic biological and bioinspired flow control strategies

AK Othman, DA Zekry, V Saro-Cortes… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Flow control is the attempt to favorably modify a flow field's characteristics compared to how
the flow would have developed naturally along the surface. Natural flyers and swimmers …

Towards silent and efficient flight by combining bioinspired owl feather serrations with cicada wing geometry

Z Wei, S Wang, S Farris, N Chennuri, N Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
As natural predators, owls fly with astonishing stealth due to the serrated feather morphology
that produces advantageous flow characteristics. Traditionally, these serrations are tailored …

Machine-learning-accelerated design of functional structural components in deep-sea soft robots

S Yin, Z Jia, X Li, J Zhu, Y Xu, T Li - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
To explore the deepest regions of the ocean with high flexibility and environmental
adaptability, deep-sea soft robots have been developed recently. One prominent example is …

Towards biomimetic electronics that emulate cells

C Lubrano, GM Matrone, C Forro, Z Jahed… - MRS …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Bioelectronics aims to design electronic devices which can be fully integrated within tissues
to monitor or stimulate specific cell functions. The main challenge is the engineering of the …