Visualization of the Design Space of a Caudal Fin with Hydro-Elastic Effect

Abstract

Performance of a fish caudal fin is brought out from many factors, such as the shape, the movement and the elasticity. The present study treats all of these factors simultaneously and attempts to visualize the complex design space using Kriging and SOM. As a result, the present study succeeded in visualizing the complex structure of the design space of the oscillating wing (caudal fin), and the combined effects of the design variables are shown. This data will become extremely useful for practical design of fish robots and other nautical machines.

Keywords

• oscillating wing
• propulsion
• multidisciplinary design
• kriging
• data mining