Taut states of dielectric elastomer membranes

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 355-361

  De Tommasi, D ^a   Puglisi, G ^a   Zurlo, G ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actuators; Electroactive Polymers (EAP); Electromechanical instability; Wrinkling

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION DEVICES; APPLIED VOLTAGES; CONSTITUTIVE PROPERTIES; DEVICE FAILURES; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; ELECTROACTIVE MATERIAL; ELECTROMECHANICAL INSTABILITY; PRINCIPAL STRETCH; WRINKLING;

ACTUATORS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 84858293981     PISSN: 00207462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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