SUMMARY A biorobotic pectoral fin was developed and used to study how the flexural
rigidities of fin rays within a highly deformable fish fin affect the fin's propulsive forces. The …

Fish typically swim by periodic bending of their bodies. Bending seems to follow a universal
rule; it occurs at about one-third from the posterior end of the fish body with a maximum …

Experimental analyses of propulsion in freely-swimming fishes have led to the development
of self-propelling pectoral and caudal fin robotic devices. These biorobotic models have …

A series of biorobotic fins has been developed based on the pectoral fin of the bluegill
sunfish. These robotic fins model physical properties of the biological fin, and execute …

Fish have perfect body mechanisms and swimming modes for underwater locomotion, and
provide ideal models for the propulsor design of fish robots. This thesis investigates …

This paper has summarized the research status of the hydrodynamic ESDs using CFD in the
recent years. The ESDs were divided into four kinds according to their working principle …

Two typical unsteady fluid-structure interaction problems have been investigated in the
present study. One of them was about actively plunged flexible hydrofoil; the other was …

Abstract An incompressible Navier-Stokes computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solver is
developed for simulating flapping wings at Reynolds numbers (Re) of approximately 10 2-10 …