The development of a biologically inspired propulsor for unmanned underwater vehicles

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 533-550

  Tangorra, James Louis ^a,b   Davidson, S Naomi ^a,c   Hunter, Ian Winter ^a   Madden, Peter G A ^d,e   Lauder, George V ^d   Dong, Haibo ^f,g   Bozkurttas, Meliha ^f,h   Mittal, Rajat ⁱ  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Evergreen Solar Inc   (United States)

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Wright State University   (United States)

^h EXA CORPORATION   (United States)

ⁱ George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV); Biorobotic; Design; Drag; Pectoral fin; Robotic; Thrust; Unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV)

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; MANEUVERABILITY; MOTION CONTROL; ROBOTICS;

PECTORAL FIN; THRUST PRODUCTION; UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

EID: 34548646016     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2007.903362     Document Type: Article

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