Giant, Voltage-Actuated Deformation of a Dielectric Elastomer under Dead Load

Giant, Voltage-Actuated Deformation of a Dielectric Elastomer under Dead Load

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Giant, Voltage-Actuated Deformation of a Dielectric Elastomer under Dead Load

dc.contributor.author	Huang, Jiangshui
dc.contributor.author	Li, Tiefeng
dc.contributor.author	Foo, Choon Chiang
dc.contributor.author	Clarke, David R.
dc.contributor.author	Zhu, Jian
dc.contributor.author	Suo, Zhigang
dc.date.accessioned	2012-11-08T18:29:21Z
dc.date.issued	2012
dc.identifier.citation	Huang, Jiangshui, Tiefeng Li, Choon Chiang Foo, Jian Zhu, David R. Clarke, and Zhigang Suo. 2012. Giant, voltage-actuated deformation of a dielectric elastomer under dead load. Applied Physics Letters 100(4): 041911.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0003-6951	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:9887630
dc.description.abstract	Far greater voltage-actuated deformation is achievable for a dielectric elastomer under equal-biaxial dead load than under rigid constraint usually employed. Areal strains of 488% are demonstrated. The dead load suppresses electric breakdown, enabling the elastomer to survive the snap-through electromechanical instability. The breakdown voltage is found to increase with the voltage ramp rate. A nonlinear model for viscoelastic dielectric elastomers is developed and shown to be consistent with the experimental observations.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Engineering and Applied Sciences	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	American Institute of Physics	en_US
dc.relation.isversionof	doi:10.1063/1.3680591	en_US
dash.license	OAP
dc.subject	deformations	en_US
dc.subject	elastomers	en_US
dc.title	Giant, Voltage-Actuated Deformation of a Dielectric Elastomer under Dead Load	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article	en_US
dc.description.version	Accepted Manuscript	en_US
dc.relation.journal	Applied Physics Letters	en_US
dash.depositing.author	Clarke, David R.
dc.date.available	2012-11-08T18:29:21Z