Electromechanical characterization and measurement protocol for dielectric elastomer actuators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6168, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Bauer, Siegfried ^a,b   Paajanen, Mika ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Current voltage measurements; Dielectric elastomer actuator; Modeling

Indexed keywords

ACRYLICS; ACTUATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTOMERS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; STRETCHING;

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES; CURRENT-VOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS; HYPERELASTICITY MODELS;

DIELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 33745830501     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.674559     Document Type: Conference Paper

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