An instrument to obtain the correct biaxial hyperelastic parameters of silicones for accurate DEA modelling

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9056, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Rosset, Samuel ^a   Maffli, Luc ^a   Houis, Simon ^a   Shea, Herbert R ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

dielectric elastomer actuators; Hyperelastic models; Mullins effect; silicone

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMERS; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS; PLASTICS; SILICONES;

DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; DIELECTRIC MEMBRANES; ELASTOMERIC MEMBRANES; HYPERELASTIC MODELS; MULLINS EFFECT; STRAIN ENERGY DENSITY; STRAIN ENERGY DENSITY FUNCTIONS;

ELASTICITY;

EID: 84905576834     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2044777     Document Type: Conference Paper

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