Thrust producing mechanisms in ray-inspired underwater vehicle propulsion

This paper describes a computational study of the hydrodynamics of a ray-inspired underwater vehicle conducted concurrently with experimental measurements. High-resolution stereo-videos of the vehicle’s fin motions during steady swimming are obtained and used as a foundation for developing a high fi...

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Main Authors: Geng Liu, Yan Ren, Jianzhong Zhu, Hilary Bart-Smith, Haibo Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095034914000051