Form and function of the dandelion fruit
Form and function of the dandelion fruit
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Publications

Research articles and conference presentations from the dandelion form and function group.

dandelion fruits flying on top of one another
Dandelion fruits in the wind tunnel

Journal publications

 

A separated vortex ring underlies the flight of the dandelion

Nature 562, 414-418 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0604-2 

Cummins C., Seale M., Macente A., Certini D., Mastropaolo E., Viola I.M., Nakayama N.

 

Design principles of hair-like structures as biological machines

Journal of the Royal Society Interface 15, 20180206 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2018.0206

Seale M., Cummins C., Viola I. M., Mastropaolo E., Nakayama N.

 

The effect of permeability on the flow past permeable disks at low Reynolds numbers

Physics of Fluids 29, 097103 (2017); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5001342

Cummins C., Viola I. M., Mastropaolo E., Nakayama N.

Plot showing flexibility versus aspect ratio of biological hairs
The relationship between aspect ratio and flexibility for biological hairs

Conference presentations

 

The dandelion clock: biomechanics of dispersal

9th International Plant Biomechanics Conference, Montreal (2018)

Seale M.,  Cummins C., Macente A., Viola I. M., Mastropaolo E., Nakayama, N.

 

Permeable disks at low Reynolds numbers

70th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics 62, 14 (2017)

Cummins C., Viola I. M., Mastropaolo E., Nakayama N.

 

Micro CT scan of a dandelion fruit
Micro-CT scan of a dandelion fruit

The miniature parachute of the dandelion fruit

70th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics 62, 14 (2017)

Cummins C., Viola I. M., Seale M., Mastropaolo E., Nakayama N.

 

The Stokes-flow parachute of the dandelion fruit

Form and deformation in solid and fluid mechanics workshop, Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge (2017)

Cummins C., Viola I. M., Seale M., Certini D., Macente A., Mastropaolo E., Nakayama, N.

 

The dandelion clock: biomechanics of dandelion dispersal

Growth, form and self-organisation in living systems workshop, Dundee (2017)

Seale M.,  Cummins C., Macente A., Viola I. M., Mastropaolo E., Nakayama, N.

 

simulation images of flow around porous disks
Steady axisymmetric flow around porous disks (Re = 130) with azimuthal vorticity (left panels; numbers indicate vorticity) and streamlines (right panel): (a) Da = 10^−9; (b) Da = 10^−4; (c) Da=4×10−^4; (d) Da = 10−^3.

The Stokes-flow parachute of the dandelion fruit

UK Fluids Conference, Imperial College, London (2016)

Cummins C., Viola I.M., Nakayama, N.

 

Other articles

Flight of the dandelion

Nature Ecology and Evolution Community, Behind the Paper (2018)

Seale M.

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