A particle image velocimetry study of vibrating ionic polymer metal composites in aqueous environments

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 474-483

  Peterson, Sean D ^a,b   Porfiri, Maurizio ^a   Rovardi, Alessandro ^a,c  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c ABB   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actuators; Fluid flow measurement; Ionic polymers; Underwater vehicle propulsion; Vibration measurement

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; BIOMIMETIC ROBOTICS; FLUID FLOW MEASUREMENT; HIGH FLEXIBILITY; IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITES; IONIC POLYMERS; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PROPULSION SYSTEM; TIME-AVERAGED FLOW; TIP SPEED; UNDERWATER PROPULSION SYSTEMS; UNDERWATER VEHICLE PROPULSION; VIBRATION AMPLITUDE;

ACTUATORS; BIOMIMETICS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLOWMETERS; MARINE ENGINEERING; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; POLYMERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHIP PROPULSION; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; SUBMERSIBLE MOTORS; SUBMERSIBLES; UNDERWATER BALLISTICS; UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT; UNDERWATER STRUCTURES; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT; WATER CRAFT;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

EID: 69549084580     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2009.2020979     Document Type: Article

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