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Electrostatic–viscoelastic finite element model of dielectric actuators
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In this article, the deformation process and effective forces when voltage is applied to dielectric elastomer actuators are characterized using quadrature rules and discretising with finite elements in space.About:
This article is published in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.The article was published on 2016-02-01. It has received 36 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Finite element method & Potential energy.read more
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Mechanics of dielectric elastomer structures: A review
Tongqing Lu,Cheng Ma,Tiejun Wang +2 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the recent advances in the theory of dielectric elastomer and demonstrates some examples of using theory to design DE transducers is presented, from the simplest homogeneous deformation of a flat membrane to the highly complex bifurcations of a tube.
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Open-Loop Control of Creep and Vibration in Dielectric Elastomer Actuators With Phenomenological Models
Jiang Zou,Guoying Gu,Li-Min Zhu +2 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a feed-forward control approach for creep and vibration compensation of a dielectric elastomer actuator (DEAs) for biomimetic soft robots.
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A numerical framework for modeling anisotropic dielectric elastomers
Atul Kumar Sharma,M. M. Joglekar +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a finite element based numerical framework for simulating the electromechanical behavior of nonlinear anisotropic dielectric elastomer actuators at finite strains is presented.
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A computationally efficient locking free numerical framework for modeling visco-hyperelastic dielectric elastomers
Atul Kumar Sharma,M. M. Joglekar +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a finite element formulation for simulating the electromechanical behavior of nonlinear visco-hyperelastic dielectric elastomers undergoing isochoric finite strain deformations is presented.
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Electromechanical Instability of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators With Active and Inactive Electric Regions
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of the flexible boundary constraint and the locus of the dielectric breakdown point on the EMI in quasistatic mode of actuation was investigated.
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Electrostriction of polymer dielectrics with compliant electrodes as a means of actuation
TL;DR: Electrostrictive polymer (EP) dielectric actuators have been shown to produce 5 to 20 times the effective actuation pressure of conventional air-gap electrostatics at the same electric field strength as mentioned in this paper.
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deal.II—A general-purpose object-oriented finite element library
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