Thrust Analysis of A Fish Robot Actuated by Piezoceramic Composite Actuators
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was carried out to confirm a measured thrust data in the previous study. The computed and measured thrusts were in good agreement. Then, a series of thrust simulations were conducted for various tail-beat frequencies to confirm the best tail-beat frequency, which was obtained from the thrust measurement in the previous study. The largest thrust was calculated at 3.7Hz of tail-beat frequency, when vortices around the cross section were fully separated. The calculated best tail-beat frequency well agreed with measured one.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21535%2FProICIUS.2010.v6.538
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