A novel degree of freedom in flapping wings shows promise for a dual aerial/aquatic vehicle propulsor

Ocean sampling for highly temporal phenomena, such as harmful algal blooms, necessitates a vehicle capable of fast aerial travel interspersed with an aquatic means of acquiring in-situ measurements. Vehicle platforms with this capability have yet to be widely adopted by the oceanographic community....

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Main Authors: Izraelevitz, Jacob Samuel, Triantafyllou, Michael S
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108693
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1555-9136
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