Towards self-sensing of DEAP actuators: Capacitive sensing experimental analysis

ASME 2010 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 307-314

  York, Alexander ^a   Seelecke, Stefan ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS;

CAPACITIVE SENSING; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; LOADING CONDITION; MECHANICAL LOADING; SENSING APPLICATIONS; SENSING CIRCUITS; VARIABLE CAPACITOR;

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EID: 84859538917     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/smasis2010-3847     Document Type: Conference Paper

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