Wind Dispersal of Natural and Biomimetic Maple Samaras

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dc.contributor.authorNave, Gary K.en
dc.contributor.authorHall, Nathanielen
dc.contributor.authorSomers, Katrinaen
dc.contributor.authorDavis, Brocken
dc.contributor.authorGruszewski, Hope A.en
dc.contributor.authorPowers, Craig W.en
dc.contributor.authorCollver, Michaelen
dc.contributor.authorSchmale, David G. IIIen
dc.contributor.authorRoss, Shane D.en
dc.contributor.departmentEngineering Mechanicsen
dc.contributor.departmentSchool of Plant and Environmental Sciencesen
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen
dc.contributor.departmentAerospace and Ocean Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-09T19:43:04Zen
dc.date.available2021-04-09T19:43:04Zen
dc.date.issued2021-03-29en
dc.date.updated2021-04-09T13:47:28Zen
dc.description.abstractMaple trees (genus <i>Acer</i>) accomplish the task of distributing objects to a wide area by producing seeds, known as samaras, which are carried by the wind as they autorotate and slowly descend to the ground. With the goal of supporting engineering applications, such as gathering environmental data over a broad area, we developed 3D-printed artificial samaras. Here, we compare the behavior of both natural and artificial samaras in both still-air laboratory experiments and wind dispersal experiments in the field. We show that the artificial samaras are able to replicate (within one standard deviation) the behavior of natural samaras in a lab setting. We further use the notion of windage to compare dispersal behavior, and show that the natural samara has the highest mean windage, corresponding to the longest flights during both high wind and low wind experimental trials. This study demonstrated a bioinspired design for the dispersed deployment of sensors and provides a better understanding of wind-dispersal of both natural and artificial samaras.en
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dc.identifier.citationNave, G.K., Jr.; Hall, N.; Somers, K.; Davis, B.; Gruszewski, H.; Powers, C.; Collver, M.; Schmale, D.G., III; Ross, S.D. Wind Dispersal of Natural and Biomimetic Maple Samaras. Biomimetics 2021, 6, 23.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics6020023en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/102994en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMDPIen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectwind dispersalen
dc.subjectmaple samarasen
dc.subjectautorotationen
dc.subjectadditive manufacturingen
dc.subjectbiomimicryen
dc.titleWind Dispersal of Natural and Biomimetic Maple Samarasen
dc.title.serialBiomimeticsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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