Biomimetic Drag Reduction Study on Herringbone Riblets of Bird Feather

doi:10.1016/S1672-6529(13)60229-2

J4 ›› 2013, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (3): 341-349.doi: 10.1016/S1672-6529(13)60229-2

收稿日期:2012-11-09 修回日期:2013-06-09 出版日期:2013-07-10 发布日期:2013-07-10

Biomimetic Drag Reduction Study on Herringbone Riblets of Bird Feather

Huawei Chen, Fugang Rao, Xiaopeng Shang, Deyuan Zhang, Ichiro Hagiwara

1. School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
2. Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan

Received:2012-11-09 Revised:2013-06-09 Online:2013-07-10 Published:2013-07-10
Contact: Huawei Chen E-mail:chen_hua_wei@yahoo.com

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关键词: biomimetic surface, drag reduction, herringbone riblets, bird feather

Abstract:

Birds have gradually formed various excellent structures such as streamlined shape and hollow shaft of feather to improve their flying performance by millions of years of natural selection. As typical property of bird feather, herringbone riblets align along the shaft of each feather, which is caused by perfect link of barbs, especially for the primary and secondary feathers of wings. Such herringbone riblets of feather are assumed to have great impact on drag reduction. In this paper, microstructures of secondary feathers of adult pigeons are investigated by SEM, and their structural parameters are statistically obtained. Based on quantitative analysis of feather structure, novel biomimetic herringbone riblets with narrow smooth edge are proposed to reduce surface drag. In comparison with traditional microgroove riblets and other drag reduction structures, the drag reduction rate of the proposed biomimetic herringbone riblets is experimentally clarified up to 16%, much higher than others. Moreover, the drag reduction mechanism of herringbone riblets are also confirmed and exploited by CFD.

Key words: biomimetic surface, drag reduction, herringbone riblets, bird feather

Huawei Chen, Fugang Rao, Xiaopeng Shang, Deyuan Zhang, Ichiro Hagiwara. [J]. J4, 2013, 10(3): 341-349.

Huawei Chen, Fugang Rao, Xiaopeng Shang, Deyuan Zhang, Ichiro Hagiwara. Biomimetic Drag Reduction Study on Herringbone Riblets of Bird Feather[J]. J4, 2013, 10(3): 341-349.

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