Fractal and Fractional, 2022 Actuators made of dielectric elastomers are used in soft robotics for a variety of applications. However, due to their mechanical properties, they exhibit viscoelastic behaviour, especially in the initial phase of their performance, which can be observed
Timi Karner, Rok Belšak, Janez Gotlih
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Electromechanical coupled deformation analysis of a hyper-elastic dielectric membrane under combined pressure and electric loading [PDF]
EPJ Web of ConferencesDielectric elastomers are soft, lightweight, and highly deformable electroactive polymers that undergo large deformations when subjected to mechanical and electrical loading.
Kumar Nirmal +2 more
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Effects of Thinner Compliant Electrodes on Self-Clearability of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators
Actuators, 2020 A metalized plastic capacitor stands a higher chance to clear faults when embodied with thinner electrodes. However, it is not clear whether the same thickness effect applies to carbon-based compliant electrodes in clearing the defects in dielectric ...
Gih-Keong Lau +2 more
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Dielectric elastomer actuator biased by magnetorheological elastomer with permanent magnet
Smart Materials and Structures, 2023 Abstract Dielectric elastomer actuators have become one of the most important smart material transducers in recent times. One of the crucial aspects in this field is the application of bias to find the best operating conditions. The basic task is to find the proper bias configuration to obtain a wide range of displacements in the ...
Jakub Bernat +3 more
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Optimization of shape control of a cantilever beam using dielectric elastomer actuators
AIP Advances, 2018 Dielectric elastomer (DE) is a kind of smart soft material that has many advantages such as large deformation, fast response, lightweight and easy synthesis. These features make dielectric elastomer a suitable material for actuators. This article focuses
Chong Liu +5 more
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Soft, tough, and fast polyacrylate dielectric elastomer for non-magnetic motor
Nature Communications, 2021 Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) with large electrically actuated strain can be used in non-magnetic motors, but high stiffness, poor strength and slow response currently limit the application of DEAs.
Li-Juan Yin +7 more
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Nano Select, 2023 Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are one of the emerging areas of investigation in smart elastomer research and have attracted considerable interests due to their wide‐ranging applications, for instance in automation and soft robotic components ...
Jishnu Nirmala Suresh +6 more
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Free and Forced Vibration Behaviors of Magnetodielectric Effect in Magnetorheological Elastomers
Vibration, 2023 This paper is concerned with the free and forced vibration responses of a magneto/electroactive dielectric elastomer, emphasizing the chaotic phenomena.
Hamid Jafari, Ramin Sedaghati
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Dielectric Electroactive Polymers with Chemical Pre-Strain: An Experimentally Validated Model
Actuators, 2018 Dielectric electroactive polymer materials represent a distinct group of smart materials that are capable of converting between electrical and mechanical energy.
Brittany Newell, Jose Garcia, Gary Krutz
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Research and analysis of resonant and stiffness of cylindrical dielectric elastomer actuator
Materials Research Express, 2021 Dielectric elastomer actuators draw great interest in the emerging technology of soft actuations. The drifting of resonance frequency and variable stiffness are commonly existed in soft actuations.
Jin Li +4 more
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