Characterization of bending EAP beam actuators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5385, Issue , 2004, Pages 388-394

  Bao, Xiaoqi ^a   Bar Cohen, Yoseph ^a   Chang, Zensheu ^a   Sherrit, Stewart ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bending actuator; EAP evaluation; Electroactive polymer; Large deformation; Nonlinear

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CANTILEVER BEAMS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GEOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; POLYMERS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BENDING ACTUATORS; EAP EVALUATION; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS (EAP); GEOMETRIC NONLINEARITY;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 8844268488     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.539083     Document Type: Conference Paper

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