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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |