FRACTAL HARMONIC LAW AND WATERPROOF/DUSTPROOF

Abstract

The fractal harmonic law admits that the friction between the pure water and the moving surface is the minimum when fractal dimensions of water in Angstrom scale are equal to fractal dimensions of the moving surface in micro scale. In the paper, the fractal harmonic law is applied to demonstrate the mechanism of waterproof/dustproof. The waterproof phenomenon of goose feathers and lotus leaves is illustrated to verify our results and experimental results agree well with our theoretical analysis.

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Dates

  • Submission Date2014-03-01
  • Revision Date2014-05-02
  • Acceptance Date2014-07-01
  • Online Date2015-01-04

DOI Reference

10.2298/TSCI1405463K

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