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Analysis and experiment research of the turtle forelimb's hydrofoil propulsion method

  • Jian'an Xu*
  • , Xiaobai Liu
  • , Dinghui Chu
  • , Lining Sun
  • , Mingjun Zhang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Engineering University
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Based on agility, stationarity, low-noise, and special methods of pose control about sea turtle swimming, the bionic turtle forelimb's hydrofoil propulsion principle was researched. Taking a ripe green-turtle as the biological prototype, utilizing the real-time monitor experiment platform of turtle movement, its skeleton configuration characters were analyzed, the hydrofoil motion parameters were extracted, and the forelimb's hydrofoil propulsion principle was researched from the point of dynamic and static state respectively. Secondly, established the two DOF motion model of turtle hydrofoil, analyzed its kinematics and dynamics characteristics, and confirmed that the model physical parameters and movement parameters as the influential factors for the bio-mechanism motion. Finally, in point of function bionics, the hydrofoil motion bio-mechanism was designed. By using of not only the performance test experiments of azimuth spin and stroke spin, but also the mechanism loading experiments under multimode, the control elements of bio-mechanism motion control was obtained. At the same time, the reliability and rationality of the design was validated by the experiments, enriching the underwater propulsion theories.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2009
Pages386-391
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2009 - Guilin, China
Duration: 19 Dec 200923 Dec 2009

Publication series

Name2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2009

Conference

Conference2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2009
Country/TerritoryChina
CityGuilin
Period19/12/0923/12/09

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