Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “2016-2017 Efficiency of Aquatic Locomotion Using Flippers”
For the past two weeks, Tim and Alex have been working tirelessly to finish up the tank. We can now fill the tank up with water, as shown in the pictured in this blog. This week, we plan to cut wood for the remaining parts of the tank and nail up the control box and the servo supports. Also, Alex …
Towards the end of last quarter, our team presented at the Winter Design Review. The video containing the presentation could be found following this link: https://youtu.be/sD10q_p_9Qo. We ended our project with a poster design review. Alex, Damian, Timothy, and I presented an overview of our project to several interested peers, alumni, faculty members, and engineering industry professionals. The poster is …
This past week, Bon Kim and Damian Torres met up with the 3D printing club to print a prototype of the fins (pictured). However, there were technical difficulties when they tried to print one of their designs, which includes hinges in between part of the fin to make it flexible. I worked on the poster for our presentation at the Winter …
For the past week, Alex, Damian, and Timothy have been epoxying the tank. It has taken some time to apply because we have to wait a couple of hours before we reapply to thicken the epoxy layer. Also, I am looking into shirt designs for our team. I have a couple of simple designs, but I hope to finalize it …
This past week, Timothy, Damian, and Alex nailed together the walls of the tank, pictured in this blog. Also, I prepared the PowerPoint for the design review on Wednesday, February 22, 2017. We are excited to share our project and how much we have progressed to our peers. Our goals for this week is to coat the tank with epoxy to …
For the past week, Timothy and Alejandro have been building the test bed. Bon and Damian have been drafting more designs for the fins. At last week’s team meeting, Professor Tryphon made suggestions for the fin designs, pictured in this blog. We plan to cut out part of a snorkeling fin and test the different fin shapes to see which one is more …
Last week we started the construction of the tank. There were some minor set backs because we did not have the proper tools to cut the wood and PVC pipes. We started initial cuts for the tank’s walls. However, we still need to sand the parts down. Pictured is our Manufacturing Officer, Timothy Kelly, cutting part of the tank. Bon …
This week, Michael Cole and Alejandro Martin worked rigorously last week to finalize the design for our tank. Our tank will include a 6in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe to minimize turbulence and maximize the flow rate of the water. This will give us better results to evaluate our fin’s thrust. To do this, we will cut the pipe longitudinally into …
This Winter Quarter we are ready to get the ball rolling and have very exciting updates. During Fall Quarter our team was comprised of only two members. Due to the very limited amount of resources that exists for biomimetic propulsion, a lot of research was conducted on what currently exists and where to begin. Our team created a first draft …
