A dielectric electroactive polymer generator-actuator model: Modeling, identification, and dynamic simulation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6927, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ihlefeld, Curtis M ^a   Qu, Zhihua ^b  

^a KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Aactuator; Dynamics; EAPD; Electroactive polymer; Generator; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; FAULT TOLERANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS; FAULT TOLERANT CONTROLS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 44349101956     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.775544     Document Type: Conference Paper

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