Fatigue life testing of swaged pneumatic artificial muscles for aerospace morphing applications

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Woods, Benjamin K S ^a   Gentry, Michael F ^a   Kothera, Curt S ^b   Wereley, Norman M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b TECHNO SCIENCES INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; FATIGUE TESTING; MUSCLE; PNEUMATIC DRIVES; PNEUMATICS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; SWAGING; TENSILE TESTING; WELL TESTING;

HIGH MECHANICAL STRENGTH; NEW CONSTRUCTIONS; PNEUMATIC ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; RESEARCH STUDIES; ROBOTICS APPLICATIONS; RUBBER BLADDERS; SWAGING PROCESS; TENSILE FAILURES;

PNEUMATIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 84855627492     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2010-2662     Document Type: Conference Paper

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