A separated vortex ring underlies the flight of the dandelion
- Submitting institution
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University of Edinburgh
(joint submission with Heriot-Watt University)
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 90297586
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1038/s41586-018-0604-2
- Title of journal
- Nature
- Article number
- -
- First page
- 414
- Volume
- 562
- Issue
- -
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
- -
- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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6
- Research group(s)
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B - ERM
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper revealed that the exceptional flight efficiency of the dandelion seed is due to a flow feature that was never seen before in nature, a ‘separated vortex ring’. This article was the subject of an editorial article by the Editor of Nature (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-018-0350-2). It led to numerous international invited talks by the authors, including at Cambridge, Oxford, Caltech, Auckland and its key conclusions were highlighted in more than 30 news outlets, including BBC, The New York Times, Physics Today (see e.g. https://edin.ac/2w8r4DN).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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