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On the role of motion element on the thrust contribution for fishlike swimming

  • Southeast University, Nanjing

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Abstract

The swimming performance is numerical simulated for three dimensional fishlike robot. To study the thrust contribution, this work considers the robot divided into seven motion elements along the fish axis from head to tail, executing the heave and pitch motion respectively. The results show that each motion element is found to yield thrust and the thrust takes on sinusoidal periodic variation. During a motion cycle, the value increases with the motion elements close to the tail, while a phase delay of thrust generation is found. Due to the thrust contribution by each motion element accompany with the phase difference existence, the total thrust may be adjusted to a reasonable value.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2012 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2012
Pages232-236
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event2012 9th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2012 - Chengdu, China
Duration: 5 Aug 20128 Aug 2012

Publication series

Name2012 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2012

Conference

Conference2012 9th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2012
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChengdu
Period5/08/128/08/12

Keywords

  • fishlike swimming
  • motion element
  • phase difference
  • thrust contribution

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