Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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805571 | Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters | 2015 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Under an applied voltage, dielectric elastomers (DEs) produce an actuation strain that is nonlinear, partly because of the material properties. In this study, an experimental characterization is conducted to evaluate how the ambient temperature and pre-stretch affected the actuation performance. For DEs with a pre-stretch of 2×2, an increase of temperature from −10°to 80°results in a variation in the actuation strain of more than 1700%. Low pre-stretched DEs are more susceptible to temperature change; while highly pre-stretched DEs are relatively insensitive to temperature, because in this case the energy conversion was dominated by mechanical stretching, rather than thermal conduction, during the actuation.
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Authors
Lei Liu, Hualing Chen, Bo Li, Junjie Sheng, Junshi Zhang, Chi Zhang, Yanjie Wang, Dichen Li,