Initial experimental investigation of undulating fin

2005 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1600-1605

  Willy, A ^a   Low, K H ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Amplitude envelope; Biomimetics; Experiments; Undulating fin

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; EXPERIMENTS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MOLLUSCS; PROPULSION; SHELLFISH;

AMPLITUDE ENVELOPE; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; NON-CONVENTIONAL METHODS; PROPULSION SYSTEM; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; UNDULATING FIN;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 79957983463     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2005.1545280     Document Type: Conference Paper

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