Feasibility Study on IPMC Actuated Contractile Water Jet Thruster Body Contraction
This research was conducted to investigate the feasibility of Ionic Polymer Metal Composite (IPMC) as the actuator for Contractile Water Jet Thruster (CWJT). The thrust that generated from the accelerated volume of ejected fluid depends on the IPMC actuator contraction performance. During this i...
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| author | Shaari, Muhammad Farid Samad, Z. Othman, M. H. Marwah, O.M.F. |
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| description | This research was conducted to investigate the feasibility of
Ionic Polymer Metal Composite (IPMC) as the actuator for Contractile
Water Jet Thruster (CWJT). The thrust that generated from the accelerated
volume of ejected fluid depends on the IPMC actuator contraction
performance. During this investigation, the variation of contraction
frequency and nozzle aperture influence on the body deformation was
carried out. The results of the experiments exhibit that the body contraction
decreased tremendously from 0.05 Hz to 0.15 Hz. The body contraction
has no apparent decrement for more than 0.15 Hz of contraction frequency.
Besides, larger nozzle aperture has relatively more body contraction than
smaller nozzle aperture. These results show that the fixed actuation force
and the contraction frequency have a significant influence on the CWJT
body contraction. |
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| spelling | usm-391172018-02-22T04:22:51Z http://eprints.usm.my/39117/ Feasibility Study on IPMC Actuated Contractile Water Jet Thruster Body Contraction Shaari, Muhammad Farid Samad, Z. Othman, M. H. Marwah, O.M.F. TJ1-1570 Mechanical engineering and machinery This research was conducted to investigate the feasibility of Ionic Polymer Metal Composite (IPMC) as the actuator for Contractile Water Jet Thruster (CWJT). The thrust that generated from the accelerated volume of ejected fluid depends on the IPMC actuator contraction performance. During this investigation, the variation of contraction frequency and nozzle aperture influence on the body deformation was carried out. The results of the experiments exhibit that the body contraction decreased tremendously from 0.05 Hz to 0.15 Hz. The body contraction has no apparent decrement for more than 0.15 Hz of contraction frequency. Besides, larger nozzle aperture has relatively more body contraction than smaller nozzle aperture. These results show that the fixed actuation force and the contraction frequency have a significant influence on the CWJT body contraction. EDP Sciences 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/39117/1/Feasibility_Study_on_IPMC_Actuated_Contractile_Water_Jet_Thruster_Body_Contraction.pdf Shaari, Muhammad Farid and Samad, Z. and Othman, M. H. and Marwah, O.M.F. (2016) Feasibility Study on IPMC Actuated Contractile Water Jet Thruster Body Contraction. MATEC Web of Conferences, 78 (01051). pp. 1-6. ISSN 2261-236X https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20167801051 |
| spellingShingle | TJ1-1570 Mechanical engineering and machinery Shaari, Muhammad Farid Samad, Z. Othman, M. H. Marwah, O.M.F. Feasibility Study on IPMC Actuated Contractile Water Jet Thruster Body Contraction |
| title | Feasibility Study on IPMC Actuated Contractile Water Jet Thruster Body Contraction |
| title_full | Feasibility Study on IPMC Actuated Contractile Water Jet Thruster Body Contraction |
| title_fullStr | Feasibility Study on IPMC Actuated Contractile Water Jet Thruster Body Contraction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Feasibility Study on IPMC Actuated Contractile Water Jet Thruster Body Contraction |
| title_short | Feasibility Study on IPMC Actuated Contractile Water Jet Thruster Body Contraction |
| title_sort | feasibility study on ipmc actuated contractile water jet thruster body contraction |
| topic | TJ1-1570 Mechanical engineering and machinery |
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