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Journal Articles
J Exp Biol (2014) 217 (10): 1656–1666.
Published: 15 May 2014
...Li Wen; James C. Weaver; George V. Lauder Although the functional properties of shark skin have been of considerable interest to both biologists and engineers because of the complex hydrodynamic effects of surface roughness, no study to date has successfully fabricated a flexible biomimetic shark...
Journal Articles
J Exp Biol (2012) 215 (5): 785–795.
Published: 1 March 2012
...Johannes Oeffner; George V. Lauder SUMMARY It has long been suspected that the denticles on shark skin reduce hydrodynamic drag during locomotion, and a number of man-made materials have been produced that purport to use shark-skin-like surface roughness to reduce drag during swimming...