The electrical breakdown strength of pre-stretched elastomers, with and without sample volume conservation

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Zakaria, Shamsul ^a,d   Morshuis, Peter H F ^b   Benslimane, Mohamed Yahia ^c   Yu, Liyun ^a   Skov, Anne Ladegaard ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Technology University of Delft ^*  (Netherlands)

^c DANFOSS A S   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

dielectric breakdown strength; dielectric elastomer; pre stretch; silicone; volume dependent breakdown

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF LIQUIDS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MICROCHANNELS; PLASTICS; SILICONES;

BREAKDOWN STRENGTHS; DIELECTRIC BREAKDOWN STRENGTH; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; DIELECTRIC ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS; ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN STRENGTHS; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL BREAKDOWN; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; VOLUME DEPENDENT BREAKDOWN;

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN;

EID: 84928648093     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/24/5/055009     Document Type: Article

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