PMID- 22247660
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120629
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1424-8220 (Electronic)
IS  - 1424-8220 (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 12
DP  - 2011
TI  - Design and implementation of a biomimetic turtle hydrofoil for an autonomous 
      underwater vehicle.
PG  - 11168-87
LID - 10.3390/s111211168 [doi]
AB  - This paper presents the design and implementation of a turtle hydrofoil for an 
      Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). The final design of the AUV must have 
      navigation performance like a turtle, which has also been the biomimetic 
      inspiration for the design of the hydrofoil and propulsion system. The hydrofoil 
      design is based on a National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) 0014 
      hydrodynamic profile. During the design stage, four different propulsion systems 
      were compared in terms of propulsion path, compactness, sealing and required 
      power. The final implementation is based on a ball-and-socket mechanism because 
      it is very compact and provides three degrees of freedom (DoF) to the hydrofoil 
      with very few restrictions on the propulsion path. The propulsion obtained with 
      the final implementation of the hydrofoil has been empirically evaluated in a 
      water channel comparing different motion strategies. The results obtained have 
      confirmed that the proposed turtle hydrofoil controlled with a mechanism with 
      three DoF generates can be used in the future implementation of the planned AUV.
FAU - Font, Davinia
AU  - Font D
AD  - Department of Computer Science and Industrial Engineering, University of Lleida, 
      Jaume II, 69, Lleida 25001, Spain. dfont@diei.udl.cat
FAU - Tresanchez, Marcel
AU  - Tresanchez M
FAU - Siegentahler, Cedric
AU  - Siegentahler C
FAU - Palleja, Tomas
AU  - Palleja T
FAU - Teixido, Merce
AU  - Teixido M
FAU - Pradalier, Cedric
AU  - Pradalier C
FAU - Palacin, Jordi
AU  - Palacin J
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20111128
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Sensors (Basel)
JT  - Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101204366
RN  - 059QF0KO0R (Water)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - *Biometry
MH  - *Equipment Design
MH  - *Models, Animal
MH  - *Motor Vehicles
MH  - *Turtles
MH  - *Water
PMC - PMC3251977
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - AUV
OT  - DoF
OT  - propulsion system
OT  - sea turtle locomotion
EDAT- 2012/01/17 06:00
MHDA- 2012/06/30 06:00
PMCR- 2011/01/01
CRDT- 2012/01/17 06:00
PHST- 2011/10/20 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2011/11/16 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2011/11/22 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/01/17 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/01/17 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/06/30 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2011/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - s111211168 [pii]
AID - sensors-11-11168 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/s111211168 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sensors (Basel). 2011;11(12):11168-87. doi: 10.3390/s111211168. Epub 2011 Nov 28.