Adaptive intelligent control of ionic polymer-metal composites

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 466-474

  Lavu, Brijesh C ^a   Schoen, Marco P ^a,c   Mahajan, Ajay ^b  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Southern Illinois University Carbondale   (United States)

^c Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; IONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERS; SENSORS;

ELECTRICAL STIMULI; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS (EAP); INDUCED STRAIN; IONIC POLYMER-METAL COMPOSITES (IPMC);

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 23444452043     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/14/4/002     Document Type: Article

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