Hydrodynamic modeling of an undulating fin for robotic fish design

IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 55-60

  Liu, Fangfang ^a   Yang, Can Jun ^a   Lee, Kok Meng ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomimetic; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Hydrodynamic model; Propulsion; Robotic fish; Undulating fin

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS METHODS; COMPUTATIONAL HYDRODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FIN SURFACE; FLUID FLOW; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING; LOW SPEED; MEASURED DATA; PRESSURE AND VELOCITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROPULSION EFFICIENCY; ROBOTIC FISH; ROBOTIC FISHES; THRUST COEFFICIENTS; UNDERWATER APPLICATION; UNDULATING FIN; WAVE MOTIONS;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; BIOMIMETICS; DESIGN; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FISH; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTELLIGENT MECHATRONICS; MECHATRONICS; PROPULSION; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 79951623056     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AIM.2010.5695800     Document Type: Conference Paper

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