A multi-physics model of planar electro-active polymer actuators

Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 2125-2130

  Hackl, Christoph ^a   Tang, Hong Yue ^a   Lorenz, Robert D ^a   Turng, Lih Sheng ^b   Schröder, Dierk ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuators; Electro active polymer actuators; Polymer actuators

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROSTATICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); VISCOELASTICITY;

ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS; POLYMER ACTUATORS; SOLID MECHANICS ANALYSIS; STRAIN ENERGY FUNCTION (SEF);

ACTUATORS;

EID: 10944262515     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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