• DocumentCode
    2467952
  • Title

    Source seeking for a Joukowski foil model of fish locomotion

  • Author

    Cochran, Jennie ; Kelly, Scott D. ; Xiong, Hailong ; Krstic, Miroslav

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mech. & Aerosp. Eng., Univ. of California, San Diego, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    10-12 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1788
  • Lastpage
    1793
  • Abstract
    We continue with the study of fish-like underwater source seeking initiated in a companion paper where we considered a three-rigid-link fish model. In this paper we consider a more realistic fish model based on a Joukowski airfoil which has only one degree of freedom in its movement, and thus relies on vortex shedding to move through a perfect fluid. Both the propulsion problem and the source seeking problem are solved by employing the same sinusoidal perturbation input- the flapping of the fish´s tail. The fish converges to the signal source despite being unaware of it´s position, the source´s position, and the spatial distribution of the source.
  • Keywords
    Global Positioning System; aerodynamics; mobile robots; underwater vehicles; GPS-denied source seeking; Joukowski airfoil model; fish locomotion; fish-like underwater source seeking; three-rigid-link fish model; vortex shedding; Automotive components; Biological system modeling; Design methodology; H infinity control; Marine animals; Propulsion; Shape; Tail; Underwater vehicles; Vehicle driving;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    American Control Conference, 2009. ACC '09.
  • Conference_Location
    St. Louis, MO
  • ISSN
    0743-1619
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4523-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0743-1619
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACC.2009.5160257
  • Filename
    5160257