Creeping and Novel Huge Bending of Plasticized PVC

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 118-123

  Uddin, Md Zulhash ^a   Watanabe, Masashi ^a   Shirai, Hirofusa ^a   Hirai, Toshihiro ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

artificial muscle; creep induced bending; electric field; electrotactic; poly(vinyl chloride) gel

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BENDING (FORMING); CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; BENDING ANGLE; BLOCKING ELECTRODES; CONTACT ELECTRODES; CREEP INDUCED BENDING; ELECTROTACTIC; LOCALISED; PLASTICIZED PVC; POLY(VINYL CHLORIDE); POLY(VINYL CHLORIDE) GEL;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EID: 79952757073     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2002.p0118     Document Type: Article

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