Browsing FAS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "dielectric elastomer"

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    • Dielectric elastomer actuators under equal-biaxial forces, uniaxial forces, and uniaxial constraint of stiff fibers 

      Lu, Tongqing; Huang, Jiangshui; Jordi, Christa; Kovacs, Gabor; Huang, Rui; Clarke, David R.; Suo, Zhigang (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2012)
      A membrane of a dielectric elastomer deforms when a voltage is applied through its thickness. The achievable voltage-induced deformation is strongly affected by how mechanical loads are applied. Large voltage-induced ...

    • Electromechanical Catastrophe 

      Lu, Tongqing; Cheng, Sibo; Li, Tiefeng; Wang, Tiejun; Suo, Zhigang (World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt, 2016)
      A transducer is a system that couples two loads. For example, an electromechanical transducer couples a mechanical force and an electrical voltage. A two-load, nonlinear system can exhibit rich behavior of bifurcation, ...