Electromechanical performance of dielectric elastomer composites: Modeling and experimental characterization

A Kumar, A Khurana, AK Patra, Y Agrawal… - Composite …, 2023 - Elsevier
Dielectric Elastomer (DE) devices have gained widespread attention in recent years for their
ability to generate large, reversible strains in response to electric actuation. However, some …

Modeling of electro–viscoelastic dielectric elastomer: A continuum mechanics approach

SK Behera, D Kumar, S Sarangi - European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids, 2021 - Elsevier
The present study deals with the rheological behavior modeling of a dielectric elastomeric
(DE) material class. The DE materials are commonly used to develop soft actuators and …

Programmable, UV-printable dielectric elastomers actuate at low voltage without prestretch and supporting frames

R Borayek, P Zhang, HJ Willy, M Zedan… - ACS Applied …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Dielectric elastomers are soft and perfect insulator polymers able to produce large strains
with high energy density under the effect of applied high voltage. However, their use in …

Effect of the voltage pulse front steepness on the electric strength of polymers

VA Zakrevskii, VA Pakhotin, NT Sudar' - Technical Physics, 2018 - Springer
We have studied the effect of the leading edge steepness of a high-voltage pulse front on
the dielectric strength of 3-μm-thick polyethylene terephthalate film. It is found that its …

High-voltage pulse bushing with induced voltage distribution between sections

A Poloskov, M Serebrennikov, I Egorov - Vacuum, 2021 - Elsevier
The article presents test results of a sectioned vacuum bushing with induced voltage
distribution. The bushing was tested with voltage pulses with amplitudes of 24 and 90 kV …

3D Printing of Elastomers and Applications

RAYM Mohamed - 2021 - search.proquest.com
The demand for the soft functional polymers is very high in our nowadays soft electronics
applications. These applications are like flexible touch screens, electronic skins, and energy …

Simulation of the dynamic breakdown of ammonium-perchlorate single crystals

AV Khaneft - Technical Physics, 2020 - Springer
Dynamic breakdown of ammonium perchlorate single crystals is numerically simulated. A
system of differential equations that describe processes in an equivalent circuit of a pulsed …