Lifetime investigation of dielectric elastomer stack actuators

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-96

  Matysek, M ^a   Lotz, P ^a   Schlaak, H F ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

actuators; Capacitance transducers; reliability; technology

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE TRANSDUCERS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL; LARGE CLASS; MEASUREMENT SETUP; MECHANICAL DRIVING; STACK ACTUATOR;

CAPACITANCE; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELASTOMERS; PLASTICS; POLYMERS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 79551638807     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2011.5704497     Document Type: Article

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