Modelling and experimental investigation of carangiform locomotion for control

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 1998, Pages 1271-1276

  Kelly, Scott D ^a   Mason, Richard J ^a   Anhalt, Carl T ^a   Murray, Richard M ^a   Burdick, Joel W ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARANGIFORM; CONSERVATIVE EQUATIONS; CONTROLLED COUPLING; COUPLING TERMS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID; PROPULSORS; RIGID BODY; THRUST GENERATION; VORTEX-SHEDDING;

EID: 84881337802     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ACC.1998.703619     Document Type: Conference Paper

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