Design and projected performance of a flapping foil AUV

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 786-794

  Licht, Stephen ^a   Polidoro, Victor ^b   Flores, Melissa ^a   Hover, Franz S ^a   Triantafyllou, Michael S ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomimetic propulsion; Flapping foils; Underwater vehicles

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; KINEMATICS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MANEUVERABILITY; SHIP PROPULSION;

BIOMIMETIC PROPULSION; ETHERNET; FLAPPING FOILS;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

EID: 9244242589     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2004.833126     Document Type: Article

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