Stability analysis of dielectric elastomer using the elastic strain energy function with two material constants

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7287, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Liu, Liwu ^a   Liu, Yanju ^a   Zhang, Zhen ^a   Yu, Kai ^a   Deng, Gang ^a   Sun, Shouhua ^a   Shi, Liang ^a   Leng, Jinsong ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dielectric elastomer; Stability analysis; Strain energy function

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANT ELECTRODES; CRITICAL VALUE; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; ELASTIC STRAIN ENERGY; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; ELECTROMECHANICAL INSTABILITY; HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS; IN-PLANE; MODE OF INSTABILITY; NON-LINEAR THEORY; OUT-OF-PLANE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PULL-IN INSTABILITY; SMART ACTUATORS; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STRAIN ENERGY FUNCTION; TWO-MATERIALS;

ACTUATORS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; FEEDBACK; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; RUBBER; STABILITY; STRAIN ENERGY;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 69849103218     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.815676     Document Type: Conference Paper

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