Electro active polymers as a novel actuator technology for lighter-than-air vehicles

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6524, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Michel, Silvain ^a   Dürager, Christian ^a   Zobel, Martin ^b   Fink, Erich ^b  

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

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blimp; Dielectric elastomer actuator; Flight control systems; Lighter than air vehicle

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; POLYMERS;

BLIMP; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATOR; ELECTRICAL SUPPLY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS; LIGHTER THAN AIR VEHICLE;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 35148876492     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.716658     Document Type: Conference Paper

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