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000007588 02470 $$2doi$$a10.24868/issn.2515-818X.2018.018
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000007588 037__ $$aGENERAL
000007588 245__ $$aIs there a case for emulating a fish or other sea borne creatures for propulsion of underwater vehicles?
000007588 269__ $$a2018-10-02
000007588 336__ $$aConference Proceedings
000007588 520__ $$aFish and other sea borne creatures have invoked interest in the minds of many professionals to study how they propel themselves in water and whether similar principles can be applied to the design of underwater vehicles.

Adopting these principles for propulsion had been a challenge some decades ago, but with the current technological progress in robotics, design analysis, advanced computing, precision manufacturing, 3D printing, sensors, actuation, image processing etc have rekindled an interest in this field, especially in the Indian context.

Moreover, with the thrust on development of unmanned autonomous systems, especially for the naval warfare, there is a case for looking at an efficient way to propel such vehicles that can stay underwater for a longer duration, move and navigate faster than those traditionally shaped and propelled by screw propellers or pump jets.

This paper looks at some of the basics of fish locomotion; technology trends; examples of the current developments; benefits of emerging technologies, investigate performance of some basic shapes of caudal fin of fish with the help of modern analytical tools such as Computational Fluid Dynamics and the way ahead.
000007588 542__ $$fCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
000007588 6531_ $$aFish
000007588 6531_ $$aFins
000007588 6531_ $$aPropulsors
000007588 6531_ $$aunderwater vehicles
000007588 6531_ $$aRobots
000007588 7001_ $$aRana, R K$$uIndependent Consultant, New Delhi, India
000007588 7001_ $$aJohnson, N$$uCentre for Modeling and Simulation, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune India
000007588 7001_ $$aDongare, P$$uCentre for Modeling and Simulation, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune India
000007588 7001_ $$aBarve, S$$uCentre for Modeling and Simulation, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune India
000007588 773__ $$tConference Proceedings of INEC
000007588 773__ $$jINEC 2018
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000007588 8564_ $$95b958f8a-887d-44ae-8bc9-245614058461$$s3804361$$uhttps://library.imarest.org/record/7588/files/INEC%202018%20Paper%20024%20Rana%20FINAL.pdf