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Electrostatic wear monitoring of rolling element bearings [PDF]
, 2007 Research and development work at the University of Southampton using an electrostatic condition monitoring system developed by Smiths Aerospace Information Systems has shown that electrostatic charge signals can be used to detect the onset of wear in ...
Harvey, T.J. +2 more
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Quasi-Static Pull-in: an Instability in Electrostatic Actuators [PDF]
, 2020 We identify a new instability in electrostatic actuators dubbed quasi-static pull-in. We report experimental evidence of the instability and study its characteristics in two types of micro actuators operating in ambient air.
Abdel-Rahman, E. M. +3 more
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A Lorentz Force Actuated Continuous Deformable Polymer Mirror for Wavefront Control
Proceedings, 2017 This paper describes MEMS deformable polymer mirror system for adaptive optics application. This system employs a 4 µm thick SU-8 membrane with a stress balanced double side aluminum coating as a mirror element.
Byoungyoul Park +2 more
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Architecture‐Driven Sensor Stability in Weft‐Knitted Engineering Textiles
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Textile‐integrated sensor architectures are systematically compared to evaluate their electromechanical behavior under combined mechanical and environmental loading. Pocket‐based integration exhibits stable and reproducible signals, whereas tunnel‐based routing shows higher sensitivity accompanied by increased variability.
Adnan Maroof Khan +5 more
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Ultralight soft electrostatic actuators based on solid-liquid-gas architectures
Nature CommunicationsSoft actuators enable versatile and adaptable robots capable of operating in unstructured environments and close to humans. Soft electrostatic actuators utilizing electrohydraulic principles are particularly promising, combining all-around actuation ...
Hyeong-Joon Joo +6 more
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A Review of Actuation and Sensing Mechanisms in MEMS-Based Sensor Devices
Nanoscale Research Letters, 2021 Over the last couple of decades, the advancement in Microelectromechanical System (MEMS) devices is highly demanded for integrating the economically miniaturized sensors with fabricating technology.
Abdullah Saleh Algamili +6 more
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Adaptive Foam 3D Printing of Ultralight and Multifunctional Materials
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Adaptive foam 3D printing, enabled by expandable microspheres, imparts cellular structures to thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers, manufactured through a variety of processes including fused filament fabrication, direct ink writing, digital light processing, and inkjet printing.
Nariman Rajabifar, Amir Ameli
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Acknowledgment to Reviewers of Actuators in 2020
, 2021 Peer review is the driving force of journal development, and reviewers are gatekeepers who ensure that Actuators maintains its standards for the high quality of its published papers [...
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Peta-pico-Voltron: An open-source high voltage power supply
HardwareX, 2018 We present the design (hardware + software) of “Peta-pico-Voltron”, a low-current high voltage power supply for electrostatic actuators. Developed primarily for dielectric elastomer actuators, it offers a low-cost solution to generate user controllable ...
Samuel Schlatter +2 more
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Design of a Multistable Finger Prosthesis with Programmable Metamaterials
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.This research article shows the development of a multistable programmble metamaterial for the use as a finger prosthesis. The material was designed on different hierarchical levels where the influence of geometrical parameters and combination of mechanical elements was explored.
Franziska Wenz +5 more
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