Design, development, and testing of flapping fins with actively controlled curvature for an unmanned underwater vehicle

Bio-Mechanisms of Swimming and Flying: Fluid Dynamics, Biomimetic Robots, and Sports Science

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 283-294

  Palmisano, John ^a   Geder, Jason ^a   Ramamurti, Ravi ^a   Liu, Kerr Jia ^b   Cohen, Jonah Jonah ^a   Mengesha, Tewodros ^b   Naciri, Jawad ^a   Sandberg, William ^a   Ratna, Banahalli ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b The George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive curvature; Biomimetic pectoral fin; PID control; Unsteady CFD; UUV

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE CURVATURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS; PECTORAL FIN; PRIMARY DESIGN; STABILITY OF MOTIONS; UNSTEADY CFD; VERTICAL PLANE;

UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

EID: 77954307886     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-73380-5_23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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