Hydrodynamics of underwater propulsors based on ionic polymer-metal composites: A numerical study

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Abdelnour, Karl ^a   Mancia, Elisa ^a   Peterson, Sean D ^a   Porfiri, Maurizio ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; FREQUENCY OF OSCILLATION; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; HIGH FLEXIBILITY; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITES; IONIC POLYMER-METAL COMPOSITE ACTUATORS; LATERAL FORCE; LOW ACTIVATION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OSCILLATION FREQUENCY; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; POWER CONSUMPTION; PROPULSORS; THRUST GENERATION; TIP DISPLACEMENT; VISCOUS FLUIDS;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; METAL ANALYSIS; VORTEX SHEDDING;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 70350700915     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/18/8/085006     Document Type: Article

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