Propulsive efficiency of a biomorphic pulsed-jet underwater vehicle

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Moslemi, Ali A ^a   Krueger, Paul S ^a  

^a Southern Methodist University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL LOCOMOTIONS; DIGITAL PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; LENGTH TO DIAMETER RATIO; MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; PROPULSIVE EFFICIENCIES; TRAPEZOIDAL VELOCITY; UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

AIRCRAFT PROPULSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

VELOCITY;

CEPHALOPODA;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CEPHALOPOD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; KINETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; DECAPODIFORMES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROBOTICS; SWIMMING;

EID: 77956726667     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/5/3/036003     Document Type: Article

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