Strain transfer models for macrofiber-composite strain actuators

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 237-242

  Yang, Yaowen ^a   Divsholi, Bahador Sabet ^a   Tang, Lihua ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adhesive layer; Finite element method (FEM); Macrofiber composite (MFC); Strain actuator; Strain transfer

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE LAYERS; BERNOULLI; DEVELOPED MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; MACRO FIBER COMPOSITE; MACRO-FIBER COMPOSITE ACTUATORS; MODULUS OF ELASTICITY; QUASI-STATIC; SHEAR LAG EFFECTS; STRAIN ACTUATORS; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; STRAIN MODEL; STRAIN TRANSFER;

ACTUATORS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77951993848     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: 15322475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10426910903425986     Document Type: Article

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