| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
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| Research Abstract |
This study deals with (I) experimental analysis of pectoral fin motion, (2) the hydrodynamic model for pectoral fin motion, (3) maneuver test of a fish robot equipped with a pair of apparatus of pectoral fin motion on both sides , (4) guidance and control of the fish robot, in particular, the hovering performance in water currents, and (5) numerical simulation of effect of a flexible fin on its hydrodynamic characteristics. The conclusions are as follows ;
(1) Observation of pectoral fin motion of Black Bass revealed that the combination of feathering motion and lead-lag motion of a pair of pectoral fins generates the fish motion of advancing, backward swimming, hovering and turning.
(2) The unsteady vortex-lattice method including the effect of viscosity can express fairly well the unsteady forces acting on a pectoral fin model having feathering and lead-lag motions in a range of the phase difference between both motions where it exerts thrust force.
(3) The fish robot consisting of fish body model and a pair of apparatus of pectoral fin motion can not only swim forward and backward and turn in the same position, but also swim in the lateral direction.
(4) The use of fuzzy control enables the fish robot with a pair of the apparatus of the pectoral fin motion swim on a pre-arranged course and hover around an appointed point in a water current.
(5) The flexible fin makes it possible to increase the propeller efficiency compared with the rigid fin.
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