Establishment of a biomimetic device based on tri-layer polymer actuators - Propulsion fins

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Alici, Gursel ^a   Spinks, Geoffrey ^a   Huynh, Nam N ^a   Sarmadi, Laleh ^a   Minato, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING ACTUATORS; BIOMIMETIC DEVICES; FLEXIBLE MEMBRANES; FUNCTIONAL DEVICES; LONGITUDINAL AXIS; ORGANIC SOLUTIONS; POLYMER ACTUATORS; PROPYLENE CARBONATE;

ACTUATORS; ASPECT RATIO; BIOMIMETICS; FISH; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; PROPULSION; RIGID STRUCTURES;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; POLYMER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FISH; INSTRUMENTATION; LIMB; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EXTREMITIES; FISHES; POLYMERS; ROBOTICS; SWIMMING;

EID: 34250216376     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/2/2/S03     Document Type: Article

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