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Surface Modification of Anisotropic Dielectric Elastomer Actuators with Uni- and Bi-axially Wrinkled Carbon Electrodes for Wettability Control

Scientific Reports, 2017
Interest in soft actuators for next-generation electronic devices, such as wearable electronics, haptic feedback systems, rollable flexible displays, and soft robotics, is rapidly growing.
Kiwoo Jun, Donggyu Kim, Seunghwa Ryu, Il-Kwon Oh   +3 more
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Adaptive control of BLDC driven robot manipulators in task space

IET Control Theory & Applications
In this study, task space tracking control of robot manipulators driven by brushless DC (BLDC) motors is considered. Dynamics of actuators are taken into account and the entire electromechanical system (i.e.
Şükrü Ünver, Erman Selim, Enver Tatlıcıoğlu, Erkan Zergeroğlu, Musa Alcı   +4 more
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Experimental Tests and Aeroacoustic Simulations of the Control of Cavity Tone by Plasma Actuators

Applied Sciences, 2017
A plasma actuator comprising a dielectric layer sandwiched between upper and lower electrodes can induce a flow from the upper to lower electrode by means of an externally-applied electric field.
Hiroshi Yokoyama, Isamu Tanimoto, Akiyoshi Iida   +2 more
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Electric field control methods for foil coils in high-voltage linear actuators

, 2015
This paper describes multiple electric field control methods for foil coils in high-voltage coreless linear actuators. The field control methods are evaluated using 2-D and 3-D boundary element methods. A comparison is presented between the field control
Jansen, J.W., Beek, van, T.A., Lomonova, E.A.; id_orcid   +2 more
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Electromechanical coupled deformation analysis of a hyper-elastic dielectric membrane under combined pressure and electric loading [PDF]

EPJ Web of Conferences
Dielectric elastomers are soft, lightweight, and highly deformable electroactive polymers that undergo large deformations when subjected to mechanical and electrical loading.
Kumar Nirmal, Kumar Srivastava Arpit, Sharma Arun   +2 more
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Flap system power drive unit (PDU) architecture optimisation

The Journal of Engineering, 2019
Conventional flap and slat high-lift surfaces actuation systems in a commercial aircraft consist of actuators mechanically connected via a transmission system across the wingspan, driven from a centralised power drive unit comprising of a hydraulic ...
Maamar Benarous, Isabella Panella
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Optimal Placement of Piezo-Electric Actuators in Vibration Control.

, 1994
In the design of actively controlled structures, the determination of the actuator locations is a very important issue. In order to find the optimal placements of piezo-electric actuators in adaptive truss structures, optimal placement strategies ...
Lammering, R., Jia, Jianhu (1), Rogers, C.A. (1).   +2 more
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Miniature and Micro-Actuators

In this Special Issue, a wide range of topics are covered, including the design, fabrication, characterization, packaging, and system integration or final applications of miniature actuators, ranging from the centimeter down to the micrometer scale.

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Optimal Placement of Piezo-Electric Actuators in Vibration Control.

, 1992
In the design of actively controlled structurs, the determination of the actuator locations is a very important issue. In order to find the optimal placements of piezo-electric actuators in adaptive truss structures, optimal placement strategies ...
Lammering, R.
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Stimuli-responsive actuators in water environment: a review and future research agenda

International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing
Flexible underwater vehicles with high maneuverability, high efficiency, high speed, and low disturbance have shown great application potential and research significance in underwater engineering, ocean exploration, scientific investigation and other ...
Xin Zhao, Gangqiang Tang, Dong Mei, Chun Zhao, Lijie Li, Yanjie Wang   +5 more
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