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: Received: 8 August 2018 / Approved: 9 August 2018 / Online: 9 August 2018 (00:33:34 CEST)
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Nedelcu, A.; Faităr, C.; Stan, L.C.; Buzbuchi, N. Underwater Vehicle CFD Analyses and Reusable Energy Inspired by Biomimetic Approach. Preprints2018, 2018080175. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201808.0175.v1
Nedelcu, A.; Faităr, C.; Stan, L.C.; Buzbuchi, N. Underwater Vehicle CFD Analyses and Reusable Energy Inspired by Biomimetic Approach. Preprints 2018, 2018080175. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201808.0175.v1
Nedelcu, A.; Faităr, C.; Stan, L.C.; Buzbuchi, N. Underwater Vehicle CFD Analyses and Reusable Energy Inspired by Biomimetic Approach. Preprints2018, 2018080175. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201808.0175.v1
APA Style
Nedelcu, A., Faităr, C., Stan, L.C., & Buzbuchi, N. (2018). Underwater Vehicle CFD Analyses and Reusable Energy Inspired by Biomimetic Approach. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201808.0175.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Nedelcu, A., Liviu- Constantin Stan and Nicolae Buzbuchi. 2018 "Underwater Vehicle CFD Analyses and Reusable Energy Inspired by Biomimetic Approach" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201808.0175.v1
Abstract
Over the last few decades, ocean research and exploration have made underwater mechanical systems a necessity. Underwater vehicles provide a new kind of marine platforms that could represent a great necessity in many areas of oceanographic research. Until now, the underwater vehicles come in a verity of shapes, sizes and means of propulsion. Depending on these characteristics, the type and mission of the vehicle are also determined. The underwater robots are used for different inspection and intervention missions in e.g. the oil and gas industry, ocean science research. Due to multiple applications to which the vehicle can participate, it can be successfully used and to determine methods of re-use of marine energy. Environmental mapping provides accurate information about the main areas of interest of the energy, as well as the exploitation possibilities of that. Most of the time, biomimetic robots were inspired their senso structure, from different kind of animals, such as insects, fish and birds. Nowadays, the concept of a underwater robotic vehicles capable to move independently, autonomously or remotely, has a great potential and a large application. This is the reason that the last studies have been directed on biomimetic robots. The fish and other underwater animals have evolved superior swimming capabilities in many ways and represent a starting point to explain the fluid-mechanical principles. Furthermore, the underwater animals develop and achieve extraordinary propulsion efficiencies, acceleration and maneuverability. They can also achieve high speed under water. Implanting and creating a vehicle through a biomimetic approach reduces the energy used to maneuver the vehicle as it can automatically correct its position and displacement. The paper presents an examination of the state of biomimetic robotic fishes, underlining the reason why bio-inspiration can help us in the underwater locomotion technology.
Keywords
biomimetic, underwater, CFD method.
Subject
Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
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