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Design and mechanical property of a biomimetic pulsatile jet propeller inspired by cuttlefish actuated by SMA wires

  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

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Abstract

An experimental biomimetic pulsatile jet propeller for robot cuttlefish is presented. Firstly the mechanism of jet swimming of cuttlefish and their mantle muscle structure was analyzed. Secondly the pulsatile jet propeller which is actuated by SMA wires was designed. Then the mechanical properties of the propeller were tested through experiment. The experimental result shows that the propeller can generate thrust force and the maximum thrust force can reach 600 mN. At last, the swimming experiments are carried out and the maximum swimming speed is 8.7 cm/s.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMechatronics and Control Engineering
Pages173-177
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event2013 Asian Pacific Conference on Mechatronics and Control Engineering, APCMCE 2013 - Hong Kong, China
Duration: 26 Mar 201327 Mar 2013

Publication series

NameApplied Mechanics and Materials
Volume339
ISSN (Print)1660-9336
ISSN (Electronic)1662-7482

Conference

Conference2013 Asian Pacific Conference on Mechatronics and Control Engineering, APCMCE 2013
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHong Kong
Period26/03/1327/03/13

Keywords

  • Cuttlefish
  • Pulsatile jet propeller
  • Shape memory alloy

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