A dielectric elastomer actuator thin membrane rotary motor

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7287, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Anderson, Iain A ^a   Calius, Emilio P ^b   Gisby, Todd ^a   Hale, Thom ^a   McKaya, Thomas ^a   ÓBrien, Benjamin ^a   Walbrana, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Artificial muscle; Dielectric elastomer; Finite elements; Multilayer; Rotary motor; Thin motor

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER; FINITE ELEMENTS; ROTARY MOTOR; THIN MOTOR;

ACTUATORS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MULTILAYERS; MUSCLE; PLASTICS; ROTATING MACHINERY; RUBBER; SECONDARY BATTERIES;

MOTORS;

EID: 69849111340     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.815823     Document Type: Conference Paper

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