Artificial lateral line canal for hydrodynamic detection

Authors

Yingchen Yang, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Adrian Klein
Horst Bleckmann

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-14-2011

Abstract

Fish use their lateral line system to detect minute water motions. The lateral line consists of superficial neuromasts and canal neuromasts. The response properties of canal neuromasts differ from those of superficial ones. Here, we report the design, fabrication, and characterization of an artificial lateral line canal system. The characterization was done under various fluid conditions, including dipolar excitation and turbulent flow. The experimental results with dipole excitation match well with a mathematical model. Canal sensors also demonstrate significantly better noise immunity compared with superficial ones. Canal-type artificial lateral lines may become important for underwater flow sensing.

Comments

Copyright 2011 American Institute of Physics

Recommended Citation

Yang, Yingchen, et al. "Artificial lateral line canal for hydrodynamic detection." Applied Physics Letters 99.2 (2011): 023701. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3610470

Publication Title

Applied Physics Letters

DOI

10.1063/1.3610470