Understanding the hydrodynamics of swimming: From fish fins to flexible propulsors for autonomous underwater vehicles

CIMTEC 2008 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures and Systems - Mining Smartness from Nature

Volumn 58, Issue , 2008, Pages 193-202

  Bozkurttas, Meliha ^a   Tangorra, James ^b   Lauder, George ^c   Mittal, Rajat ^d  

^a EXA CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio mimetic; CFD; Pectoral fin; POD

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE BODIES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FISH; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; MANEUVERABILITY; PROPULSION;

BIO-ROBOTICS; BODY ACCELERATION; COORDINATED MOVEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; LOCOMOTOR FUNCTION; MECHANICAL DESIGN; PECTORAL FIN; RESEARCH EFFORTS;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

EID: 62649156320     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.58.193     Document Type: Conference Paper

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