Origami-inspired folding and unfolding of structures: Fundamental investigations of dielectric elastomer-based active materials

ASME 2013 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS 2013

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ahmed, Saad ^a   McGough, Kevin ^a   Ounaies, Zoubeida ^a   Frecker, Mary ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; PERMITTIVITY; PLASTICS; STRAIN;

ACTUATION MECHANISM; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL ACTUATIONS; ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATION; FOLDING AND UNFOLDING; GEOMETRIC APPROACHES; HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS;

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EID: 84896378213     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/SMASIS2013-3330     Document Type: Conference Paper

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