Скачать или смотреть A dimpled, actuating surface that could change how underwater vehicles maneuver.

A 3D printed sphere that can morph from smooth to dimpled on demand, could help researchers improve how underwater vehicles and aircraft maneuver. Inspired by a golfball aerodynamics problem, Assistant Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, Anchal Sareen and her team, applied soft robotic techniques, with fluid dynamics principles to study how different dimple depths at different flow velocities could reduce an underwater vehicles drag, as well as allow it to maneuver without fins and rudders.

Experimental Fluid Dynamics Laboratory: https://sareengroup.engin.umich.edu/

Read more here: https://news.engin.umich.edu/2025/05/...

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