Design and evolution of a piezoelectrically actuated miniature swimming vehicle

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 66-76

  Borgen, Michael G ^a   Washington, Gregory N ^a   Kinzel, Gary L ^a  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexible fin propulsion; Piezoelectric actuator; Swimming vehicle

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERSEA VEHICLES (AUV);

MECHATRONICS;

EID: 0037350978     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2003.809131     Document Type: Article

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