Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Seigo Koga

Hiroyuki Abe

Mitsuru Kurita

Hidetoshi Iijima

Monami Sasamori

A riblet structure according to the present technology includes a plurality of riblets that are arranged in a width direction and each include a first wall portion and a second wall portion, the first wall portion being vertically provided to be substantially perpendicular to a bottom portion, the second wall portion including an inclined portion connected to the first wall portion at an apex portion and inclined with respect to a perpendicular direction at a predetermined angle.

Riblet structure and object

A riblet structure includes a plurality of wave-shaped riblets on a surface thereof, in which each of the riblets has a smaller peak height as an angle formed between a ridge line and a fluid flow direction becomes larger, a width between peak bases in a direction orthogonal to the fluid flow direction becomes smaller as the angle becomes larger, and an angle formed between a slope of a peak of the riblet and the surface at the peak base or a curvature at the peak base is identical at any position in a cross-sectional shape in the direction orthogonal to the fluid direction.

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Tokyo, Japan

Seigo Koga