An effective modelling approach to estimate nonlinear bending behaviour of cantilever type conducting polymer actuators

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 284-292

  Alici, Gursel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial muscles; Electroactive polymer; Modelling; System identification

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES; BENDING BEHAVIOUR; BENDING DISPLACEMENT; CLASSICAL BEAM THEORY; CYLINDRICAL COORDINATES; DISTRIBUTED LOADS; EFFECTIVE MODULI; ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER; EULER-BERNOULLI; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FREE CANTILEVER; LARGE DEFLECTION; MODELLING; NON-LINEAR BENDING; NON-LINEAR MODEL; NONLINEAR LEAST SQUARE ESTIMATION; OPERATION PRINCIPLES; PARAMETRIC MODELS; POLYMER ACTUATORS; SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION; TIP DEFLECTION; VOLTAGE INPUT;

ACTUATORS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CANTILEVER BEAMS; CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); MUSCLE; NANOCANTILEVERS; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 67949083427     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2009.06.017     Document Type: Article

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