Frequency dependent dielectric and mechanical behavior of elastomers for actuator applications

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Molberg, Martin ^a,b   Leterrier, Yves ^b   Plummer, Christopher J G ^b   Walder, Christian ^a   Löwe, Christiane ^a   Opris, Dorina M ^a   Nüesch, Frank A ^a   Bauer, Siegfried ^c   Mnson, Jan Anders E ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR PERFORMANCE; ACTUATOR STRAIN; DIELECTRIC BEHAVIOR; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS; EFFECTIVE MODULI; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT; LOW FREQUENCY; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; SIMPLE MODEL;

ACTUATORS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELASTOMERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTICS; RUBBER;

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 70349326652     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3211957     Document Type: Article

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