AEROSPACE SHANGHAI, Volume. 42, Issue 1, 1(2025)

A Review of the Functional Mechanisms of Surface Micro-textures and Their Typical Applications in the Aerospace Field

Xiuqing HAO*, Shangshang LI, Xiaohong LU, Chengfeng WEI, Xia JI, Jie ZHANG, and Jianping WANG
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  • College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering,Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,Nanjing210000,,China
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    Category: Special Paper of Expert

    Received: Dec. 13, 2024

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    Published Online: Apr. 2, 2025

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    DOI:10.19328/j.cnki.2096-8655.2025.01.001

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