Design and fabrication of tubular dielectric elastomer actuator

• Main Author: Tan, Desmond Di Teng
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Mechanics and dynamics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/60265
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are soft capacitors that undergo large shape changes when electrically activated. In its most basic planar form, the DEA expands in area as it decreases in thickness. When a planar DEA is rolled up, deformations are limited to just the axial direction; the linea...