Analytical structural optimization and experimental verifications for traveling wave generation in self-assembling swimming smart boxes

MA Bani-Hani, MA Karami - Smart Materials and Structures, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents vibration analysis and structural optimization of a swimming–morphing
structure. The swimming of the structure is achieved by utilization of piezoelectric patches to …

Self-propelled swimming simulations of bio-inspired smart structures

M Daghooghi, I Borazjani - Bioinspiration & biomimetics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents self-propelled swimming simulations of a foldable structure, whose
folded configuration is a box. For self-locomotion through water the structure unfolds and …

Generation and Optimization of Traveling Vibrating Waves in Self-Assembling Swimming Smart Boxes

M Bani-Hani, I Borazjani… - International …, 2015 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper presents vibration analysis and structural optimization of a self-assembled
structure for swimming. The third mode shape of the structure in the longitudinal direction …