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Effects of antagonistic muscle actuation on the bilaminar structure of ray-finned fish in propulsion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 November 2023

Dariush Bodaghi ,
Jian-Xun Wang Open the ORCID record for Jian-Xun Wang [Opens in a new window] ,
Qian Xue Open the ORCID record for Qian Xue [Opens in a new window]  and
Xudong Zheng Open the ORCID record for Xudong Zheng [Opens in a new window]
Dariush Bodaghi
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04473, USA
Jian-Xun Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
Qian Xue*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04473, USA Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
Xudong Zheng*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04473, USA Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
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†Email addresses for correspondence: xxzeme@rit.edu, qxxeme@rit.edu
†Email addresses for correspondence: xxzeme@rit.edu, qxxeme@rit.edu
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Abstract

In this study, the effects of antagonistic muscle actuation on the propulsion of a bilaminar-structure fish fin ray were investigated using a two-dimensional computational flow–structure interaction (FSI) model. The structure and material properties of the model were based on the realistic biological data of the sunfish fin. The effect of muscle actuation was modelled using root displacement offset between the two hemitrichs. Parametric FSI simulations were conducted by assuming a sinusoidal function of the offset over a cycle and varying the amplitude and phase difference between the actuations and pitching/plunging motions. The results show that the phase of muscle actuation is a critical factor affecting its effects. Three performance regions can be identified with different phase ranges, including a thrust-favour region, an efficiency-favour region and a thrust-efficiency-unfavour region. In each region, the relationships among the root actuations, fin-ray kinematics, vortex dynamics and resulting performance are studied and discussed. Furthermore, a strong positive correlation between the trailing–leading amplitude ratio and thrust coefficient as well as a negative relationship between the efficiency and angle of attack at the centre of mass of the fin ray are observed.

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Biological Fluid Dynamics: Propulsion Biological Fluid Dynamics: Swimming/flying
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 975 , 25 November 2023 , A23
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