Performance of dielectric elastomer actuators and materials

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4695, Issue , 2002, Pages 158-166

  Sommer Larsen, Peter ^a   Kofod, Guggi ^a   Shridhar, M H ^a   Benslimane, Mohammed ^b   Gravesen, Peter ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DANFOSS A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Actuator; Artificial muscle; Dielectric elastomer; Dielectric properties; Dynamic response; Viscoelastic mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRODES; PERMITTIVITY; STRAIN; VISCOELASTICITY;

DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0036029518     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.475161     Document Type: Article

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