Pelagic free swinging aquatic vehicle

Details Pelagic free swinging aquatic vehicle Pelagic free swinging aquatic vehicle

1998-05-26

2000-10-31

Avila, Stephen

Ships

Submersible device

Having attitude control

440 15, 114337, B63G 818

Patent

active

061386049

ABSTRACT:
A pelagic free swimming aquatic vehicle includes a rigid forebody having a predetermined volume; a watertight chamber in the forebody; and a flexible afterbody having a lesser volume than the forebody and including a maneuvering and propulsion propulsion structure and a drive system for driving the structure with a traveling sinusoidal wave motion.

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Triantafayllou et al., "An Efficient Swimming Machine", Scientific American, Mar. 1995, pp. 40-48.
Kumph, John Muir, "The Design of a Free Swimming Robot Pike", Theisis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, May 1996.
Patton, Phil, Magazine of International Design, v.40, n.6, pp. 57-61 (Nov. 1996).
Anderson et al., "Concept Design of a Flexible-Hull Unmanned Undersea Vehicle", Draper Lanboratory, May 25-30 1997.

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