Electromechanical coupling in cylindrical dielectric elastomer actuators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6524, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Wissler, Michael ^a,b   Mazza, Edoardo ^a,b   Kovacs, Gabor ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dielectric elastomer; Electromechanical coupling; Modeling; Passive parts; Spring rolls

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELASTOMERS; ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOTIC ARMS;

CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS; FORCE REDUCTION]; PASSIVE PARTS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 35148824492     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.714946     Document Type: Conference Paper

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