Creep effect modelling for a core free tubular actuator

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7287, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sarbana, Rahimullah ^a   Oubaeka, Jakob ^a   Jones, Richard W ^b  

^a DANFOSS A S   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Creep effect model; Dielectric electro active polymer; Time dependent strain; Tubular actuator; Voltage strain modeling; Voltagestrain characteristics

Indexed keywords

CREEP EFFECT MODEL; DIELECTRIC ELECTRO ACTIVE POLYMER; TIME DEPENDENT STRAIN; TUBULAR ACTUATOR; VOLTAGE-STRAIN MODELING; VOLTAGESTRAIN CHARACTERISTICS;

ACRYLICS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CREEP; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 69849103935     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.815425     Document Type: Conference Paper

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