Effect of Active–Passive Deformation on the Thrust by the Pectoral Fins of Bionic Manta Robot

作     者：Yang Lu Shaomin Meng Cheng Xing Yiwei Hao Yonghui Cao Guang Pan Yong Cao Yang Lu;Shaomin Meng;Cheng Xing;Yiwei Hao;Yonghui Cao;Guang Pan;Yong Cao

作者机构：School of Marine Science and TechnologyNorthwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi’an710072China Unmanned Vehicle Innovation CenterNingbo Institute of NPUNingbo315103China State Key Lab of Fluid Power and Mechatronic SystemsSchool of Mechanical EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027China Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Advanced Manufacturing TechnologySchool of Mechanical EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Bionic Engineering》 (仿生工程学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2024年第21卷第2期

页      面：718-728页

核心收录：

学科分类：08[工学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 080502[工学-材料学] 0811[工学-控制科学与工程] 

基　　金：supported by the National Key Research and Development Program(Grant no.2022YFC2805200,2020YFB1313200) the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant no.52001260,52201381,52371338) Ningbo Natural Science Foundation(Grant no.2022J062). 

主　　题：Manta ray Bionic pectoral fin Fin Ray®effect Active-passive deformation(APD) 

摘      要：Bionic manta underwater vehicles will play an essential role in future oceans and can perform tasks,such as long-duration reconnaissance and exploration,due to their efficient propulsion.The manta wings’deformation is evident during the swimming process.To improve the propulsion performance of the unmanned submersible,the study of the deformation into the bionic pectoral fin is necessary.In this research,we designed and fabricated a flexible bionic pectoral fin,which is based on the Fin Ray®effect with active and passive deformation(APD)capability.The APD fin was actively controlled by two servo motors and could be passively deformed to variable degrees.The APD fin was moved at 0.5 Hz beat frequency,and the propulsive performance was experimentally verified of the bionic pectoral fins equipped with different extents of deformation.These results showed that the pectoral fin with active–passive deformed capabilities could achieve similar natural biological deformation in the wingspan direction.The average thrust(T)under the optimal wingspan deformation is 61.5%higher than the traditional passive deformed pectoral fins.The obtained results shed light on the design and optimization of the bionic pectoral fins to improve the propulsive performance of unmanned underwater vehicles(UUV).