在水面上千米级的不规则推进
Ziyu Ren1,2, Kagan Ucak2, Yingbo Yan2,3
1School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China.
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
|March 14, 2024
概括
毫米尺度的柔性板使用振荡式曲率运动在水上进行波浪式运动. 优化硬度等参数是有效游泳和设计未来软机器人的关键.
科学领域:
- 流体动力学 流体动力学
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
- 软物质物理学 软物质物理学
背景情况:
- 在柔性板材的前边的振荡式俯冲运动可以在水面上产生波浪式运动.
- 这种游泳策略类似于生物推进,就像蜜蜂的翅膀振动.
- 不清楚各种参数对这种游泳策略的影响.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究水上的毫米尺度柔性板的推进力学.
- 探索不同参数对波浪运动的影响.
- 了解驱动这种游泳策略的基本物理原理.
主要方法:
- 利用磁力千米游泳器来实验地探测推进力学.
- 系统地改变参数,如启动频率,俯冲幅度,曲刚度和翼长度等.
- 分析了由此产生的身体波形,推进速度和能量效率.
主要成果:
- 波浪推进是由毛细血管力,附加质量效应和毛细血管波辐射压力驱动的.
- 改变参数会改变身体的波形,显著影响推进速度和能源效率.
- 优化身体性对于有效的游泳,平衡速度和能源消耗至关重要.
结论:
- 这项研究阐明了波浪式水面推进的物理原理.
- 这些发现为优化小型游泳软机器人的设计提供了洞察力.
- 诱导的水流局限于表面,并随着不同的参数而演变.
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