Surface topology manipulation for performance enchancement of additively manufactured fluid-interacting components

An article with a surface topology comprising:

• a first particular article location and a second particular article location;
• and
• a set of article design objectives associated at least with each of the first particular article location and the second particular article location;
• wherein:
• a first surface topology design is implemented at the first particular article location, the first surface topology design selected from a set of candidate surface topology designs, the first surface topology design having a first set of specifications associated with satisfying the set of article design objectives associated with the first particular article location;
• and
• the article is manufactured using the first set of specifications at the first particular article location.

An article configured to interact with a fluid;

• the article comprising:
• an article surface comprising a first article surface with a first surface topology and a second article surface with a second surface topology;
• a set of article design objectives associated at least with each of the first article surface and the second article surface;
• wherein:
• a first surface topology design is implemented at the first article surface, the first surface topology design selected from a set of candidate surface topology designs, the first surface topology design having a first set of specifications associated with the set of article design objective;
• and
• the article is manufactured using the first set of manufacturing specifications to implement the first surface topology design on the first article surface.