Artificial muscles with adjustable stiffness

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Mutlu, Rahim ^a   Alici, Gursel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; BENDING ACTUATORS; BENDING BEHAVIOUR; CIRCULAR CONTACTS; CONTACT SURFACE; DISTRIBUTED LOADS; EFFECTIVE STIFFNESS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRIC SIZES; POLYMER ACTUATORS; STIFFNESS ENHANCEMENT; TRILAYERS;

ACTUATORS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MUSCLE; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; POLYPYRROLES;

STIFFNESS;

EID: 77949901107     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/19/4/045004     Document Type: Article

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