PMID- 26414228
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160523
LR  - 20150929
IS  - 1748-3190 (Electronic)
IS  - 1748-3182 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 5
DP  - 2015 Sep 28
TI  - A biomimetic underwater vehicle actuated by waves with ionic polymer-metal 
      composite soft sensors.
PG  - 055007
LID - 10.1088/1748-3190/10/5/055007 [doi]
AB  - The ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC) is a soft material based actuator and 
      sensor and has a promising potential in underwater application. This paper 
      describes a hybrid biomimetic underwater vehicle that uses IPMCs as sensors. 
      Propelled by the energy of waves, this underwater vehicle does not need an 
      additional energy source. A physical model based on the hydrodynamics of the 
      vehicle was developed, and simulations were conducted. Using the 
      Poisson-Nernst-Planck system of equations, a physics model for the IPMC sensor 
      was proposed. For this study, experimental apparatus was developed to conduct 
      hydrodynamic experiments for both the underwater vehicle and the IPMC sensors. By 
      comparing the experimental and theoretical results, the speed of the underwater 
      vehicle and the output of the IPMC sensors were well predicted by the theoretical 
      models. A maximum speed of 1.08 x 10(-1) m s(-1) was recorded experimentally at a 
      wave frequency of 1.6 Hz. The peak output voltage of the IPMC sensor was 
      2.27 x 10(-4) V, recorded at 0.8 Hz. It was found that the speed of the 
      underwater vehicle increased as the wave frequency increased and the IPMC output 
      decreased as the wave frequency increased. Further, the energy harvesting 
      capabilities of the underwater vehicle hosting the IPMCs were tested. A maximum 
      power of 9.50 x 10(-10) W was recorded at 1.6 Hz.
FAU - Shen, Qi
AU  - Shen Q
AD  - Robotic Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang 
      University, Beijing 100191, People's Republic of China. Mechanical Engineering 
      Department, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4027, USA.
FAU - Wang, Tianmiao
AU  - Wang T
FAU - Kim, Kwang J
AU  - Kim KJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20150928
PL  - England
TA  - Bioinspir Biomim
JT  - Bioinspiration & biomimetics
JID - 101292902
RN  - 0 (Ions)
RN  - 0 (Metals)
RN  - 0 (Polymers)
SB  - IM
MH  - Biomimetics/*instrumentation
MH  - Computer-Aided Design
MH  - Elastic Modulus
MH  - *Electric Power Supplies
MH  - Energy Transfer
MH  - Equipment Design
MH  - Equipment Failure Analysis
MH  - Hardness
MH  - Hydrodynamics
MH  - Ions
MH  - Manufactured Materials
MH  - Metals/chemistry
MH  - Motion
MH  - Polymers/chemistry
MH  - Rheology/*instrumentation
MH  - Robotics/*instrumentation
MH  - Ships/*instrumentation
MH  - *Transducers
MH  - Water Movements
EDAT- 2015/09/29 06:00
MHDA- 2016/05/24 06:00
CRDT- 2015/09/29 06:00
PHST- 2015/09/29 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/09/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/05/24 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1088/1748-3190/10/5/055007 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Bioinspir Biomim. 2015 Sep 28;10(5):055007. doi: 10.1088/1748-3190/10/5/055007.