An energy-efficient pathway to turbulent drag reduction

Ivan Marusic; Dileep Chandran; Amirreza Rouhi; Matt K. Fu; David Wine; Brian Holloway; Daniel Chung; Alexander J. Smits

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26128-8

Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

An energy-efficient pathway to turbulent drag reduction

Ivan Marusic,
Dileep Chandran,
Amirreza Rouhi,
Matt K. Fu,
David Wine,
Brian Holloway,
Daniel Chung,
Alexander J. Smits

Affiliations

Ivan Marusic: Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne
Dileep Chandran: Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne
Amirreza Rouhi: Dept. of Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University
Matt K. Fu: Graduate Aerospace Laboratories (GALCIT), Caltech
David Wine: Intellectual Ventures
Brian Holloway: Intellectual Ventures
Daniel Chung: Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne
Alexander J. Smits: Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26128-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

Read online

The speed and efficiency of transportation and energy systems, including airplanes, ships, and wind turbines can be limited by skin-friction drag. The authors describe a pathway to drag reduction by controlling the large-scale turbulent eddies occurring away from the surface for improved function.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

About the journal