Electrostrictive bending actuators: Modeling and experimental investigation

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 179, Issue , 2012, Pages 169-177

  Lallart, Mickaël ^a   Richard, Claude ^a   Sukwisut, Pisan ^b   Petit, Lionel ^a   Guyomar, Daniel ^a   Muensit, Nantakan ^b  

^a University de Lyon   (France)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Actuator; Beam; Bending; Electrostriction

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MATERIAL; ACTUATION ABILITY; ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; BEAM; BENDING ACTUATORS; CLAMPED-CLAMPED BEAM; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS; ELECTROMECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROSTRICTIVE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; MANUFACTURABILITY; MICRO PUMP; PRODUCTION COST; QUASI-STATIC;

BENDING (FORMING); CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTROSTRICTION; ENERGY CONVERSION;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 84860363784     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2012.02.023     Document Type: Article

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