Directional acoustic underwater thruster

Z. Wang; J. Zhu; X. Qiu; R. Tang; C. Yu; J. Oiler; E. Kim; H. Yu

doi:10.1109/MEMSYS.2011.5734653

Directional acoustic underwater thruster

Z. Wang, J. Zhu, X. Qiu, R. Tang, C. Yu, J. Oiler, E. Kim, H. Yu

Engineering Science and Mechanics

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Abstract

This paper described a novel directional underwater thruster which could change thrust directions without any moving parts. When the underwater thruster moved along a non-vertical angle, it could produce straight backward thrust of 2.3mN and lateral thrust of 0.6mN in parallel on the device surface, with the total thrust/weight ration of 2:1. Water jet was streamed out by high intensity acoustic beam due to acoustic streaming effect [1] to push the device itself oppositely. To enhance the acoustic streaming effect, a self-focusing acoustic transducer (SFAT) with air reflectors was used to focus the acoustic beam.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2011 IEEE 24th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2011
Pages	1225-1228
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMSYS.2011.5734653
State	Published - 2011
Event	24th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2011 - Cancun, Mexico Duration: Jan 23 2011 → Jan 27 2011

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Name	Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
ISSN (Print)	1084-6999

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Other	24th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2011
Country/Territory	Mexico
City	Cancun
Period	1/23/11 → 1/27/11

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Wang, Z., Zhu, J., Qiu, X., Tang, R., Yu, C., Oiler, J., Kim, E., & Yu, H. (2011). Directional acoustic underwater thruster. In 2011 IEEE 24th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2011 (pp. 1225-1228). Article 5734653 (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)). https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMSYS.2011.5734653

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Wang, Z, Zhu, J, Qiu, X, Tang, R, Yu, C, Oiler, J, Kim, E & Yu, H 2011, Directional acoustic underwater thruster. in 2011 IEEE 24th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2011., 5734653, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), pp. 1225-1228, 24th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2011, Cancun, Mexico, 1/23/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMSYS.2011.5734653

Directional acoustic underwater thruster. / Wang, Z.; Zhu, J.; Qiu, X. et al.
2011 IEEE 24th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2011. 2011. p. 1225-1228 5734653 (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)).

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