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. 2022 Apr 25;10:742437. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.742437

TABLE 3.

The pressure, wall shear stress (wss) and RD/RS of shark skin scales.

Nose and the leading edge of shortfin mako shark fins
 Region P8 D1 D2 C1 C7 H1 C2 C3 D3 P1 P2 P3
 Pressure (Pa) 11081 10183 6784 6447 7174 9626 3089 1353 2675 −5306 −9860 −3565
 WSS (Pa) 45 82 136 126 90 88 137 212 228 296 258 220
 RD/RS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lateral side of shortfin mako shark
 Region L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6
 Pressure (Pa) −1604 −1431 −2037 −3614 −1606 −2523
 WSS (Pa) 14 14 15 20 13 13
 RD/RS 0.15 0.23 0.19 0.21 0.2 0.18
Back side of shortfin mako shark
 Region H2 B1 B2 B3 B4
 Pressure (Pa) −445 −1281 −1738 −535 1546
 WSS (Pa) 18 17 15 13 11
 RD/RS 0.05 0.08 0.22 0.32 0.33
Ventral side of shortfin mako shark
 Region V1 V2 V3
 Pressure (Pa) 1135 −1063 −1275
 WSS (Pa) 10 6 12
 RD/RS 0.36 0.26 0.33