Design and testing of a biomimetic tuna using shape memory alloy induced propulsion

Computers and Structures

Volumn 86, Issue 3-5, 2008, Pages 491-499

  Suleman, Afzal ^a   Crawford, Curran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Shape memory alloys; Shape propulsion; Smart structures

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROPELLERS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SPEED; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

SHAPE PROPULSION; UNDERWATER VEHICLE; UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLES (UUVS);

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 38949218418     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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