David
David
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Reposted by David
don't know anything about the veracity of this study design but neat that people are combining owl and cicada adaptations to design quiet, efficient propellers 🦉🧪🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Towards silent and efficient flight by combining bioinspired owl feather serrations with cicada wing geometry - Nature Communications
This study unveils a synergistic bioinspired design, seamlessly merging owl feather and cicada wing geometries into propeller configurations. Authors achieve reduction in noise by up to 5.5 dB while b...
www.nature.com
May 22, 2024 at 4:22 PM