Fatigue properties of electro-active papers for biomimetic actuators

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Materials Division (Publication) MD

Volumn 100 MD, Issue , 2005, Pages 223-228

  Shelton, John ^a   Craft, William J ^a   Kim, Jaehwan ^b   Grant, Jamil ^a   Sankar, Jag ^a   Choi, Sang H ^c  

^a North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University   (United States)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC ACTUATORS; CREEP PARAMETER; ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATORS; MECHANICAL STRAIN;

ANISOTROPY; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; COATINGS; ELASTIC MODULI; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 33645669926     PISSN: 10716939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2005-80552     Document Type: Conference Paper

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