Finite-elasticity models of actuation

Dielectric Elastomers as Electromechanical Transducers

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 157-168

  Kofod, Guggi ^a   Sommer larsen, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-047488-5.00016-2     Document Type: Chapter

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