Experimental characterization of the hysteretic and rate-dependent electromechanical behavior of dielectric electro-active polymer actuators

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  York, A ^a   Dunn, J ^b   Seelecke, S ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b PARKER HANNIFIN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONSTANT VOLTAGE; DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENTS; DYNAMIC ACTUATORS; DYNAMIC CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; ELECTROMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTY; ENERGY EFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FULLY-COUPLED; HIGH FREQUENCY PERFORMANCE; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; LIGHT WEIGHT; PUMPING SYSTEMS; QUASI-STATIC; QUASI-STATIC REGIME; RATE-DEPENDENT EFFECTS; RATE-DEPENDENT MATERIALS; SENSING APPLICATIONS; VISCOELASTIC RELAXATION;

ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; ELECTROOPTICAL MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTS; HYSTERESIS; POLYMERS; STIFFNESS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 78149271991     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/19/9/094014     Document Type: Article

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