TY - GEN
T1 - Experiments and analysis of cormorants' density, wing loading and webbed feet loading
AU - Xue, Xiaoqiang
AU - Zhao, Xiaofei
AU - Huang, Jinguo
AU - Yang, Xingbang
AU - Yao, Guocai
AU - Liang, Jianhong
AU - Zhang, Daibing
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This paper conducted two biological observation experiments on cormorants, whose data concerns cormorants' weight, volume, area of webbed feet and area of their wings, and other data on density, wing loading and webbed feet loading is calculated as well. The average density is 0.738g/cm3, the average wing loading is 1.58 g/cm2 and the average webbed feet loading is 25.3 g/cm2. The flight performance of cormorants is negatively correlated to the wing loading, and the ability of underwater locomotion and fishing capacity are closely relative to the webbed feet loading. Furthermore, the average webbed feet loading of cormorants is an order of magnitude larger than the wing loading, which indicates that respectively designing corresponding propulsion systems of aquatic unmanned aerial vehicles (AquaUAV) in both water and air is essential and significant, including geometry, dimensions, kinematics, and the rated thrust power, etc. These conclusions are useful for the development of AquaUAV.
AB - This paper conducted two biological observation experiments on cormorants, whose data concerns cormorants' weight, volume, area of webbed feet and area of their wings, and other data on density, wing loading and webbed feet loading is calculated as well. The average density is 0.738g/cm3, the average wing loading is 1.58 g/cm2 and the average webbed feet loading is 25.3 g/cm2. The flight performance of cormorants is negatively correlated to the wing loading, and the ability of underwater locomotion and fishing capacity are closely relative to the webbed feet loading. Furthermore, the average webbed feet loading of cormorants is an order of magnitude larger than the wing loading, which indicates that respectively designing corresponding propulsion systems of aquatic unmanned aerial vehicles (AquaUAV) in both water and air is essential and significant, including geometry, dimensions, kinematics, and the rated thrust power, etc. These conclusions are useful for the development of AquaUAV.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85016821454
U2 - 10.1109/ROBIO.2016.7866302
DO - 10.1109/ROBIO.2016.7866302
M3 - 会议稿件
AN - SCOPUS:85016821454
T3 - 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2016
SP - 83
EP - 87
BT - 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2016
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2016
Y2 - 3 December 2016 through 7 December 2016
ER -