Hydrodynamics of an undulating fin for a wave-like locomotion system design

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 554-562

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

^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

BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS METHODS; COMPUTATIONAL HYDRODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FIN SURFACE; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; LOCOMOTION SYSTEM; LOW SPEED; PRESSURE AND VELOCITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROPULSION EFFICIENCY; ROBOTIC FISHES; UNDERWATER APPLICATION; UNDULATING FIN; WAVE MOTIONS;

BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FISH; HYDRODYNAMICS; PROPULSION; ROBOTICS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 84860654886     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2011.2107747     Document Type: Article

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