Improving Attachments of Non-Invasive (Type 3) Electronic Data Loggers to Cetaceans

Abstract

The overall goal of this project is to increase the longevity of suction cup attachments for short term archival tags such as the DTAG. Specifically, we are working to extend the routine attachment duration for suction-cup tags to multiple days, if not weeks. Objectives are to: 1) Examine and identify forces and failure modes in suction cup attachments. 2) Assess the impact of tags and non-invasive surface attachments on cetaceans. 3) Take the knowledge gained from objectives 1) and 2) and engineer suction cups and surface treatments for improved attachment. 4) Examine on-animal performance of engineered attachments and tags.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2012
Accession Number
ADA574633

Entities

People

  • Alessandro Bocconcelli
  • Alex Shorter
  • Dan Rittschof
  • Douglas Nowacek
  • Laurens E Howle
  • Mark P. Johnson
  • Michael J Moore
  • Peter Tyack
  • Tom Hurst

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Attachment
  • Cetaceans
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fused Deposition Modeling
  • Mammals
  • Marine Mammals
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Simulations
  • Subcutaneous Tissue
  • United States Naval Academy
  • X-Ray Computed Tomography

Readers

  • Marine Mammal Biology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics