Design of a flapping foil underwater vehicle

2004 International Symposium on Underwater Technology, UT'04 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 311-316

  Licht, Stephen ^a   Hover, Franz ^a   Triantafyllou, Michael S ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL FOIL; PROPULSION;

FLAPPING FOILS; FOIL STROKES; MODULAR ACTUATORS;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

EID: 28244450308     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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