Modeling and design methodology of an efficient underwater propulsion system

Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 161-166

  Valdivia y Alvarado, Pablo ^a   Youcef Toumi, Kamal ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Energy efficiency; Non uniform beam forced vibrations; Robustness; Underwater vehicles

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; DATA ACQUISITION; DEFORMATION; MANIPULATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROPULSION; ROBOTS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

NON-UNIFORM BEAM FORCED VIBRATIONS; UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 1542516680     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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