时空不对称的振荡附属体在中间雷诺兹数的推进效率
Adrian Herrera-Amaya1, Margaret L Byron2
1Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 42 Hammond Building, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802-1503, UNITED STATES.
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
|September 13, 2024
概括
灵活的通过在运动过程中改变它们的形状来产生推力和升力. 一个曲的比一个直的更有效,提供生物灵感的设计见解.
科学领域:
- 流体动力学 流体动力学
- 生物力学 生物力学
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
背景情况:
- 生物体使用灵活的附属物进行运动和食,流体动力学决定了它们的有效性.
- 附属物运动不对称性 (空间和时间) 影响推进,特别是在粘性和惯性力显著的中间雷诺兹数时.
研究的目的:
- 研究运动不对称性 (空间和时间) 对柔性附属体的力产生的影响.
- 引入和评估一个新的指标",综合效率",用于评估推进性能.
- 探索生物灵感设计对增强推进的潜力.
主要方法:
- 实验中使用了三个具有不同灵活性和几何形状的机器人进行了实验.
- 这项研究分析了的力量产生和运动动态.
- 开发了一种新的"综合效率"指标来评估推进性能.
主要成果:
- 弹性在振荡过程中改变形状,可以重定向力,产生推力和升力.
- "综合效率"指标允许独立评估附属物性能.
- 与直相比,曲的柔性显示出更高效的推力产生和固有的空间不对称性.
结论:
- 附属体的灵活性和运动不对称性对于在不同雷诺兹数的有效推进至关重要.
- "综合效率"指标提供了一种标准化方法,用于比较机器人和生物系统中的推进性能.
- 曲的,灵活的附属物提供了一个有希望的生物灵感的方法,用于开发高效的推进技术,而无需复杂的控制系统.
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