DYNAMICS RESPONSE OF THE FORCED FANGZHU FRACTAL DEVICE FOR WATER COLLECTION FROM AIR

ELà AS-ZÚÑIGA Alex, Luis Manuel Palacios-Pineda (), Oscar Martã Nez-Romero () and Daniel Olvera Trejo ()
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ELà AS-ZÚÑIGA Alex: Mechanical Engineering and Advanced Materials Department, School of Engineering and Science, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Avenue Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, Monterrey 64849, Mexico
Luis Manuel Palacios-Pineda: ��Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico de Pachuca, Carretera México-Pachuca Km 87.5, Pachuca, Hidalgo, Código Postal 42080 Mexico
Oscar Martã Nez-Romero: Mechanical Engineering and Advanced Materials Department, School of Engineering and Science, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Avenue Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, Monterrey 64849, Mexico
Daniel Olvera Trejo: Mechanical Engineering and Advanced Materials Department, School of Engineering and Science, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Avenue Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, Monterrey 64849, Mexico

FRACTALS (fractals), 2021, vol. 29, issue 07, 1-10

Abstract: This paper aims to study the dynamic response of the fractal Fangzhu’s forced device to elucidate how the harvester device’s surface fractal patterned influences water molecules’ motion due to the increase or reduction of the wave velocity. It is also investigated under which conditions the oscillation amplitude favors the complete water removal from Fangzhu fractal surface device. Based on the approximate fractal frequency–amplitude relation derived using an ancient Chinese algorithm, and by varying the value of the fractal dimension parameter linked to the material surface morphology, it was found that the Fangzhu water harvester device can efficiently capture microscopic water droplets if the surface morphology is such that the fractal dimension α is less than one. This condition can be used to develop superhydrophobic surfaces mimicking fractal patterned surface structures.

Keywords: Ancient Chinese Algorithm; Two-Scale Fractal Transform; Fangzhu Ancient Chinese Nanotechnology for Atmospheric Water Collection from Air; Fractal Surface Morphology; Frequency–Amplitude Response Curves (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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