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IMPACT-BASED INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FLUIDS AND BIO-SUBSTRATES

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Wu_cornellgrad_0058F_14697.pdf (181.85 MB)
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http://doi.org/10.7298/hc0k-8y25
https://hdl.handle.net/1813/117175
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Author
Wu, Brian
Abstract

Interactions between organisms and their surrounding fluid environments (water currents, air eddies, rainfall,etc.), inevitably involve immediate contacts on complex biological substrates (e.g., bird feathers, insect wings, plant leaves, etc.). In this dissertation work, two fluid phenomenon, streaming (flow generations from oscillations) and fragmentations (subdivisions of fluid filaments) are inspected for three distinct biological impact systems: (1) streaming flow near leaves generated by raindrop impacts, (2) fragmentation of raindrops upon impingement on architectured superhydrophobic (SH) surfaces, (3) fragmentation of droplets during onion cutting. The three systems are rationalized via experiments and theories to establish how substrate surface and body properties, such as elasticity and surface topography, mediate the flow characteristics at varying regimes of inertial and capillary forces during collisions. With respect to applications, the work presented here unravels hidden pathways of spore dispersion, showcases self-protection schemes of various organisms against high-inertia raindrops, and elucidates the correlations between cutting parameters and lachrymatory onion droplet release, with implications in biological and culinary flow.

Description
139 pages
Date Issued
2024-12
Keywords
Biomechanics
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Fluid Mechanics
Committee Chair
Jung, Sunghwan
Committee Member
Bemis, William
Desjardins, Olivier
Degree Discipline
Mechanical Engineering
Degree Name
Ph. D., Mechanical Engineering
Degree Level
Doctor of Philosophy
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Rights URI
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Type
dissertation or thesis
Link(s) to Catalog Record
https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/16922049

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