Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Vol 11, No 8: August 2013

Design of a New Propulsion Mechanism of Imitating Duck’s Webbed-feet

Yuan Dai (Ocean University of China)
Zhongqiang Zheng (Ocean University of China)
Jinlei Chen (Hisense Broadband Multimedia Technology Co.,Ltd)
Zongyu Chang (Ocean University of China)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Aug 2013

Abstract

With the wide application of the underwater vehicle in ocean exploration, bionics propulsion aroused intensive interest among researchers. Bionic locomotion of aquatic animals has the advantages of highly maneuver, power-efficient endurance and so on. In the paper the mechanism of duck’s swimming is studied and a novel bionics propulsion mechanism is designed and analyzed. The mechanics of underwater vehicle is investigated by ADAMS. Dynamics response of the system is analyzed by using numerical method. The simulation results suggest that the designed propulsion mechanism can imitate the movement modes of the duck’s webbed feet, and implement the motion of vehicle in fluid environment. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/telkomnika.v11i8.3133

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