Electromechanical instability and snap-through instability of dielectric elastomers undergoing polarization saturation

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 60-72

  Liu, Liwu ^a   Liu, Yanju ^a   Luo, Xiaojian ^a   Li, Bo ^b   Leng, Jinsong ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dielectric elastomer; Electromechanical instability; Polarization saturation; Snap through instability

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; ELASTOMERS; PLASTICS; POLARIZATION; STABILITY;

DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; ELASTOMER MATERIALS; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL INSTABILITIES; HYPERELASTIC BEHAVIOR; NONLINEAR DIELECTRIC; SATURATION LIMITS; SNAP-THROUGH INSTABILITY; STRAIN STIFFENING;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84865481797     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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