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工程设计学报
Chinese Journal of Engineering Design  2012, Vol. 19 Issue (1): 9-15    DOI:
    
Mechanism design and analysis of a bionic crucian caudal fin driven by shape memory alloy actuator
 HE  Jian-Hui, ZHANG  Yong-Hua
Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Taizhou Vocational Technical College, Taizhou 318000, China
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Abstract  In order to develop a biomimetic robot caudal fin with active motion control, we took crucian caudal fin as the research object. Upon the biological investigation results and combined with characteristics of shape memory alloy (SMA) material, we designed a bionic crucian caudal fin driven by SMA and achieved its active motion control. Firstly, we introduced the mechanical structure and control algorithm of caudal fin and its actuator. Then, we turned to the key component, viz. SMA fin ray, performing a theoretical analysis on the relationship between fin ray base deformation curvature and oscillatory amplitude. And after that, an experiment was carried out to investigate the relationship between the output force of SMA fin ray and its thickness, and simultaneously present the relationship between the oscillatory amplitude and the thickness. In addition, the influence of heating current duty cycle on the maximum oscillatory amplitude and the highest oscillatory frequency was studied. From experimental results we conclude that the output force of SMA fin ray increases nonlinearly with the increase of its thickness; the oscillatory amplitude decreases linearly with the increase of its thickness; the oscillatory frequency dramatically increases with the increase of heating current; the heating current duty cycle has some influence on the maximum oscillatory amplitude.

Key words： biomimetic crucian      mechanism design      shape memory alloy      caudal fin      active control     
Published: 15 February 2012
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HE Jian-Hui, ZHANG Yong-Hua. Mechanism design and analysis of a bionic crucian caudal fin driven by shape memory alloy actuator. Chinese Journal of Engineering Design, 2012, 19(1): 9-15.

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关键词： 仿生鲫鱼,  机构设计,  形状记忆合金,  尾鳍,  主动控制 
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