Large axial actuation of pre-stretched tubular dielectric elastomer and use of oil encapsulation to enhance dielectric breakdown strength

Rolled dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are subjected to necking and non-uniform deformation upon pre-stress relaxation. Though rolled up from flat DEAs, they performed much poorer than the flat ones. Their electrically induced axial strains were previously reported as not more than 37.3%, whil...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lau, Gih-Keong, Tan, Desmond Di-Teng, La, Thanh-Giang
Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107103
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25300