Instrumenting <i>Polyodon spathula</i> (Paddlefish) Rostra in Flowing Water with Strain Gages and Accelerometers
The prominent rostrum of the North American Paddlefish, supported by a lattice-like endoskeleton, is highly durable, making it an important candidate for bio-inspiration studies. Energy dissipation and load-bearing capacity of the structure from extreme physical force has been demonstrated superior...
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| author | Clayton R. Thurmer Reena R. Patel Guilermo A. Riveros Quincy G. Alexander Jason D. Ray Anton Netchaev Richard D. Brown Emily G. Leathers Jordan D. Klein Jan Jeffrey Hoover |
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| description | The prominent rostrum of the North American Paddlefish, supported by a lattice-like endoskeleton, is highly durable, making it an important candidate for bio-inspiration studies. Energy dissipation and load-bearing capacity of the structure from extreme physical force has been demonstrated superior to that of man-made systems, but response to continuous hydraulic forces is unknown and requires special instrumentation for in vivo testing on a live fish. A single supply strain gage amplifier circuit has been combined with a digital three-axis accelerometer, implemented in a printed circuit board (PCB), and integrated with the commercial-off-the-shelf Adafruit Feather M0 datalogger with a microSD card. The device is battery powered and enclosed in silicon before attachment around the rostrum with a silicon strap "watch band." As proof-of-concept, we tested the instrumentation on an amputated Paddlefish rostrum in a water-filled swim tunnel and successfully obtained interpretable data. Results indicate that this design could work on live swimming fish in future in vivo experiments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-178f7aa0c55645a39e891b6bc51e1c342023-11-19T21:22:43ZengMDPI AGBiosensors2079-63742020-04-011043710.3390/bios10040037Instrumenting <i>Polyodon spathula</i> (Paddlefish) Rostra in Flowing Water with Strain Gages and AccelerometersClayton R. Thurmer0Reena R. Patel1Guilermo A. Riveros2Quincy G. Alexander3Jason D. Ray4Anton Netchaev5Richard D. Brown6Emily G. Leathers7Jordan D. Klein8Jan Jeffrey Hoover9US Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Information Technology Lab, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USAUS Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Information Technology Lab, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USAUS Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Information Technology Lab, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USAUS Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Information Technology Lab, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USAUS Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Information Technology Lab, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USAUS Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Information Technology Lab, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USAUS Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Information Technology Lab, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USAUS Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Information Technology Lab, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USAUS Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Information Technology Lab, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USAUS Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Environmental Lab, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USAThe prominent rostrum of the North American Paddlefish, supported by a lattice-like endoskeleton, is highly durable, making it an important candidate for bio-inspiration studies. Energy dissipation and load-bearing capacity of the structure from extreme physical force has been demonstrated superior to that of man-made systems, but response to continuous hydraulic forces is unknown and requires special instrumentation for in vivo testing on a live fish. A single supply strain gage amplifier circuit has been combined with a digital three-axis accelerometer, implemented in a printed circuit board (PCB), and integrated with the commercial-off-the-shelf Adafruit Feather M0 datalogger with a microSD card. The device is battery powered and enclosed in silicon before attachment around the rostrum with a silicon strap "watch band." As proof-of-concept, we tested the instrumentation on an amputated Paddlefish rostrum in a water-filled swim tunnel and successfully obtained interpretable data. Results indicate that this design could work on live swimming fish in future in vivo experiments.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/10/4/37strain gageaccelerometerinstrumentationARM M0Low-SWaPprinted circuit board (PCB) |
| spellingShingle | Clayton R. Thurmer Reena R. Patel Guilermo A. Riveros Quincy G. Alexander Jason D. Ray Anton Netchaev Richard D. Brown Emily G. Leathers Jordan D. Klein Jan Jeffrey Hoover Instrumenting <i>Polyodon spathula</i> (Paddlefish) Rostra in Flowing Water with Strain Gages and Accelerometers Biosensors strain gage accelerometer instrumentation ARM M0 Low-SWaP printed circuit board (PCB) |
| title | Instrumenting <i>Polyodon spathula</i> (Paddlefish) Rostra in Flowing Water with Strain Gages and Accelerometers |
| title_full | Instrumenting <i>Polyodon spathula</i> (Paddlefish) Rostra in Flowing Water with Strain Gages and Accelerometers |
| title_fullStr | Instrumenting <i>Polyodon spathula</i> (Paddlefish) Rostra in Flowing Water with Strain Gages and Accelerometers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Instrumenting <i>Polyodon spathula</i> (Paddlefish) Rostra in Flowing Water with Strain Gages and Accelerometers |
| title_short | Instrumenting <i>Polyodon spathula</i> (Paddlefish) Rostra in Flowing Water with Strain Gages and Accelerometers |
| title_sort | instrumenting i polyodon spathula i paddlefish rostra in flowing water with strain gages and accelerometers |
| topic | strain gage accelerometer instrumentation ARM M0 Low-SWaP printed circuit board (PCB) |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/10/4/37 |
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