Open loop swimming performance of 'finnegan' the biomimetic flapping foil AUV

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 247-253

  Wolf, Malima I ^a   Licht, Stephen C ^a   Hover, Franz ^a   Triantafyllou, Michael S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MANEUVERABILITY; PROPULSION; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

BIOMIMETIC FLAPPING FOIL AUV; FOIL KINEMATICS;

AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES;

EID: 35648934895     PISSN: 10986189     EISSN: 15551792     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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