Dielectric elastomer actuators

Dielectric elastomers are insulating, mbber-Uke structures, capable of undergoing reversible length change to a large extent and produce usable works. A dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) works like an electrical motor by virtue of linear motion rather than rotation. [Pg.279]

FIGURE 10.5 Dielectric elastomer actuator (DBA) demonstrated to expand and relax in a circular strain test. The Maxwell s stress associated with the force is perpendicular to the apphed force and is given by... [Pg.283]

FIGURE 10.13 Basic mechanism of dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) generator. (From Kombluh, R., Power from plastic How electroactive polymer artificial muscles will improve portable power generator in tbe 21st century military, Presented at TRI-Service Power Expo, Norfolk, Virginia, July 2003. With permission.)... [Pg.290]

Carpi, F., Migliore, A., Serra, G., and De Rossi, D., FleUcal dielectric elastomer actuators, J. Smart Mater. Struct., 14, 1210, 2005. [Pg.294]

Kofod, G., Dielectric elastomer actuator, Ph.D thesis submitted to Technical University of Denmark, Sept. 2001. [Pg.294]

Toth, L.A. and Goldenburg, A.A., Control system design for a dielectric elastomer actuator The sensory subsystem, smart stmctures and materials 2002, in Electroactive pol3mier actuators and devices, Y. Bar-Cohen (Ed.), Proceedings ofSPIE, Vol. 4695, 0277-786X/2002. [Pg.295]

O Halloran, A. and O MaUey, F., Dielectric elastomer actuators in the development of mechanotronic muscle, NUI, Galway faculty of engineering research day, 2004. [Pg.295]

It is interesting to note that the elastomers that provide the best actuation characteristics (VHB acrylics and silicones) were not designed for use as dielectric elastomers. Their noteworthy performance is not the result of targeted materials developed, but rather a fortuitous coincidence. The development of new engineered dielectric elastomers has made slow progress however, in recent years several new developments have been presented that indicate that research is moving toward improved materials with the targeted application of dielectric elastomer actuators for artihcial muscle applications. [Pg.32]

O Halloran A, O Malley F, McHugh P (2008) A review on dielectric elastomer actuators, technology, applications, and challenges. J Appl Phys 104 071101... [Pg.44]

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Sommer-Larsen P, Kofod G, Shridhar MH, Benslimane M, Gravesen P (2002) Performance of dielectric elastomer actuators and materials. Proc SPIE 4695 158... [Pg.49]

Moscardo M, Zhao X, Suo Z, Lapusta Y (2008) On designing dielectric elastomer actuators. J Appl Phys 104 093503... [Pg.49]

Plante JS, Dubowsky S (2006) Large-scale failure modes of dielectric elastomer actuators. Int J Solids Struct 43 7727... [Pg.49]

Carpi F, Mazzoldi A, De Rossi D (2003) High-strain dielectric elastomer actuation. Proc SPIE 5051 419... [Pg.49]

Lochmatter P, Kovacs G, Wissler M (2007) Characterization of dielectric elastomer actuators based on a visco-hyperelastic film model. Smart Mater Struct 16 477... [Pg.50]

Wissler M, Mazza E (2007) Electromechanical coupling in dielectric elastomer actuators. Sens Actuators A 138 384... [Pg.50]

Kofod G (2008) The static actuation of dielectric elastomer actuators how does pre-stretch improve actuation . J Phys D Appl Phys 41 215405... [Pg.50]

Lotz P, Matysek M, Lechner P, Hamann M, Schlaak HF (2008) Dielectric elastomer actuators using im noved thin film processing and nanosized particles. Proc SPIE 6927 692723... [Pg.50]

Nguyen HC, Doan VT, Park J, Koo JC, Lee Y, Nam J, Choi HR (2009) The effects of additives on the actuating performances of a dielectric elastomer actuator. Smart Mater Stract 18 015006... [Pg.51]

Rosset S, NMaus M, Stojanov V, Felber A, Dubois P, Shea HR (2008) Ion-implanted compliant and patternable electrodes for miniaturized dielectric elastomer actuators. Proc SPIE 6927 69270W... [Pg.52]

Lam T, Tran H, Yuan W, Yu Z, Ha SM, Kaner R, Pei Q (2008) Polyaniline nanofibers as a novel electrode material for fault-tolerant dielectric elastomer actuators. Proc SPIE 6927 692700... [Pg.52]

Yuan W, Hu L, Yu Z, Lam T, Biggs J, Ha SM, Xi D, Chen B, Senesky MK, Gifiner G, Pei Q (2008) Fault-tolerant dielectric elastomer actuators using single-walled carbon nanotube electrodes. Adv Mater 20 621... [Pg.52]

Jung MY, Chuc NH, Kim JW, Koo IM, Jung KM, Lee YK, Nam JD, Choi HR, Koo JC (2006) Fabrication and characterization of linear motion dielectric elastomer actuators. Proc SPIE 6168 616824... [Pg.52]

Wang H, Zhu J (2008) Implementation and simulation of a cone dielectric elastomer actuator. Proc SPIE 7266 726607... [Pg.53]

Liu Y, Shi L, Liu L, Zhang Z, Leng J (2008) Inflated dielectric elastomer actuator for eyeball s movements fabrication, analysis and experiments. Proc SPIE 6927 69271A... [Pg.53]

Kofod G, Paajanen M, Bauer S (2006) New design concept for dielectric elastomer actuators. Proc SPIE 6168 616821... [Pg.53]

Plante JS, Devita LM, Dubowsky S (2007) A road to practical dielectric elastomer actuators based robotics and mechatronics discrete actuation. Proc SPIE 6524 652406... [Pg.53]

Zhang R, Lochmatter P, Kunz A, Kovacs G (2006) Spring roll dielectric elastomer actuators for a portable force feedback glove. Proc SPIE 6168 616817... [Pg.53]

Carpi F, De Rossi D (2006) Contractile dielectric elastomer actuator with folded shape. Proc SPIE 6168 61680D... [Pg.53]

Carpi F, Salaris D, De Rossi D (2007) Folded dielectric elastomer actuators. Smart Mater Struct 16 S300... [Pg.53]

Pelrine R, Sommer-Larsen P, Kombluh R, Heydt R, Koffod G, Pei Q, Gravesen P (2001) Applications of dielectric elastomer actuators. Proc SPIE 4329 335... [Pg.54]

Aschwanden M, Stemmer A (2007) Low voltage, highly tunable diffraction grating based on dielectric elastomer actuators. Proc SPIE 6524 6524IN... [Pg.54]

Carpi F, Khanicheh A, Mavroidis C, De Rossi D (2(X)8) Silicone made contractile dielectric elastomer actuators inside 3-Tesla MRI environment. 2008 lEEE/RSJ international conference on intelligent robots and systems, Nice, France, 22-26 Sept 2008, pp 137-142... [Pg.54]

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