Bio-particulate matter includes grains, cereal crops, and biomass that are considered
discrete materials with irregular size and shape. Although the flow of these particles can …

Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have been developed rapidly into an efficient wind
energy collection equipment. Reducing the friction wear and energy loss in breeze energy …

The immersed boundary (IB) method originated by Peskin has been popular in modeling
and simulating problems involving the interaction of a flexible structure and a viscous …

Unsteady fluid forces are measured at the onset of flutter and during the post-critical flutter of
flags placed in a wind tunnel, focusing on the drag force and the moment around the …

Flow–plant interactions are experimentally investigated at leaf, stem, and shoot scales in an
open-channel flume at a range of Reynolds numbers. The experiments included …

The Solnhofen pterosaurs Pterodactylus antiquus, Aerodactylus scolopaciceps,
Diopecephalus kochi, Germanodactylus cristatus and Germanodactylus rhamphastinus all …

Understanding the trajectory parameters (eg, distance and angle) and dynamic behaviors
(eg, velocity and acceleration) of a thrown seedling is paramount important for the design …

The static reconfiguration of flexible beams exposed to transverse flows is classically known
to reduce the drag these structures have to withstand. But the more a structure bends, the …

A fluttering flag in a uniform laminar flow exhibits complex fluid–structure interaction (FSI)
behavior. This investigation experimentally studied aerodynamic load behavior and its …

A flexible sheet in uniform parallel flow is studied in order to quantify its fluid dynamic drag
and fluid–elastic stability characteristics. An experimental campaign is undertaken that …