Actuator selection for variable camber foils

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5385, Issue , 2004, Pages 442-448

  Madden, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actuator; Artificial Muscle; Autonomous Underwater Vehicle; Conducting Polymer; Dielectric Elastomer; Ferroelectric Polymer; Motor; Polypyrrole; Shape Memory Alloy

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; FERROELECTRIC POLYMERS; POLYPYRROLE;

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; HYDRODYNAMICS; METAL FOIL; POLYMERS; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 8844274167     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.546151     Document Type: Conference Paper

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