Unsteady three-dimensional boundary element method for self-propelled bio-inspired locomotion

Bio-inspired Legged Locomotion

Bio-inspired robot design for legged locomotion

Mobile robot designers are increasingly searching for inspirations and design cues from biological models. Although animals are great model for mobile robots, the process of implementation is often ambiguous. The direct implementation of biological features and morphology often becomes ineffective and misleads engineers due to various reasons. Firstly, engineers investigate animals to achieve a...

Coupling of Natural Boundary Element Method and Finite Element Method for Three-dimensional Nonlinear Interface Problem

Coupling of Natural Boundary Element Method and Finite Element Method for Three-dimensional Nonlinear Interface Problem Hong-ying Huang2,1 and De-hao Yu 2 Summary In this paper, we apply the coupling of natural boundary element method and finite element method to solve a three-dimensional nonlinear interface problem. Two equations are coupled by interface conditions on the interface boundary. A...

Thermal and athermal three-dimensional swarms of self-propelled particles.

Swarms of self-propelled particles exhibit complex behavior that can arise from simple models, with large changes in swarm behavior resulting from small changes in model parameters. We investigate the steady-state swarms formed by self-propelled Morse particles in three dimensions using molecular dynamics simulations optimized for graphics processing units. We find a variety of swarms of differ...

A General Boundary-Integral Formulation for Zoned Three-Dimensional Media

A new boundary-integral formulation is proposed to analyze the heat transfer in zoned three-dimensional geometries. The proposed formulation couples the boundary formula, the gradient of the boundary formula, and the exterior formula. An advantage of this formulation over the traditional methods is that any linear condition at the interface between subdomains may be incorporated into the formul...