摘要
Theuseofoscillatingflexiblefinsinpropulsionhasbeenthesubjectofseveralstudiesinrecentyears,butattentionisrarelypaidtothespecificroleofstiffnessprofileinthrustproduction.Stiffnessprofileisdefinedasthevariationinlocalchordwisebendingstiffness(EI)ofafin,fromleadingtotrailingedge.Inthisstudy,flexiblefinswithastandardNACA0012shapeweretestedalongsidefinswithastiffnessprofilemimickingthatofaPumpkinseedSunfish(Lepomisgibbosus).Thefinswereoscillatedwithapitchingsinusoidalmotionoverarangeoffrequenciesandamplitudes,whiletorque,lateralforceandstaticthrustweremeasured.Overtherangeofoscillationparameterstested,itwasshownthatthefinwithabiomimeticstiffnessprofileofferedasignificantimprovementinstaticthrust,comparedtoafinofsimilardimensionswithastandardNACA0012aerofoilprofile.Thebiomimeticfinalsoproducedthrustmoreconsistentlyovereachoscillationcycle.Acomparisonoffinmaterialsofdifferentstiffnessshowedthattheimprovementwasduetothestiffnessprofileitself,andwasnotsimplyaneffectofalteringtheoverallstiffnessofthefin.Finsofthesamestiffnessprofilewereobservedtofollowthesamethrust-powercurve,independentofthestiffnessofthemouldingmaterial.Biomimeticfinswereshowntoproduceupto26%greaterthrustperwattofinputpower,withintheexperimentalrange.
出版日期
2010年02月12日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
