Propulsion performance of an aquatic mobile robot using traveling-wave motion of a flexible fin: (Relationship between propulsion efficiency and flow pattern)

Nippon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, C Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part C

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 188-196

  Watanabe, Masahiro ^a   Muramatu, Kouichi ^a   Kobayashi, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquatic Mobile Robot; Efficiency; Flexible Fin; Propulsion Speed; Traveling Wave Motion

Indexed keywords

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PROPULSION; WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

AQUATIC MOBILE ROBOTS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0036413081     PISSN: 03875024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/kikaic.68.188     Document Type: Article

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